Re:Coding Horror: Your Internet Driver's License
by brown9-2 on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @10:36AM
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It seems to the average American, the word "drivers license" evokes "proof of identity" first and "proof of ability to drive a car" second, because they're using theirs as a general ID more often than for its original purpose.
This is because the idea of a National ID Card is for some strange reason (strange to this American, I mean) seen as an evil thing by the general public here.
Re:Coding Horror: Your Internet Driver's License
by akmiller on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @01:32PM
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What the hell is a social security card if not a national ID card. Unique number assigned to each american citizen and you are forced to have it.
Re:Coding Horror: Your Internet Driver's License
by billpaetzke on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @01:51PM
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I (and most others that I know) don't carry a social security card. There's virtually no need for it in daily life. If you even know where yours is, it's probably sitting next to your birth certificate in a drawer.
But we all know our number by memory.
No perhaps about it. It seems to the average American, the word "drivers license" evokes "proof of identity" first and "proof of ability to drive a car" second, because they're using theirs as a general ID more often than for its original purpose.
It gets even funnier when American companies operate abroad and require "two photo IDs" in countries where everyone has a government-provided ID card.