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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
DISCLAIMER: I know the OP is about the States, but it's a hot issue in the UK, too.
A lot of people I know only carry a drivers licence when they know in advance they will need prove their identity (picking up parcels, reporting to the police within 7 days of being stopped for a traffic offence, that sort of thing...). I don't know anyone who carries their passport around when they're not going abroad, and most people I know don't carry the NI card around, either. An ID card here would be just one more thing to leave at home and forget where you've put it until you need it.
There are quite a lot of reasons many people in the UK don't want national ID cards - one extra thing to (not) carry around doesn't usually feature on the list  |
I don't even have one, neither does my wife !!
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
I intend to carry a big misspelled sign that says something like "I'm mad as hell about ______" (fill in the blank), spew obsenities, be obnoxious, chant "U. S. A." at the top of my lungs, and this will prove beyond a doubt that I'm an American citizen. So swear I.
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figures ....
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm not sure I see what the connection is between driving licences and immigration status? In the UK, when you apply for a driving licence, you have to prove that "you are you", but you can do that with any document that has your name on it - eg an electrcity bill; there's certainly no check that you are a British citizen, and nor would there be, because you don't need to be a British citizen to have a UK driving licence.
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none of these
REALLY proves identity....otherwise identity theft wouldn't be so easy.