Captain Obvious
12-25-2015, 08:21 PM
I just found this and just showed it to my wife and we laughed.
Two days ago we got our MO drivers licenses and we were telling our son that, if a terrorist wanted to get a photo ID, MO is the place.
We walked in with our old PA licenses and had our birth certificates, copies of electric bills, shit like that. All we did was hand them our old licenses, answered a few questions, paid twenty bucks and bang, we were licensed MO drivers.
That was it.
Oh, and I took a quick eye exam which I promptly failed because I'm blind as a bat. They let me take the test with my glasses on (and I still failed it lol) but told me to take them off when getting my photo taken. I have one license restriction - I can only drive vehicles with two side mirrors.
:biglaugh:
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/12/23/feds-wont-accept-missouri-drivers-licenses/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri residents soon will not be able to use their state driver’s licenses as identification to get into most federal facilities, making it at least the fourth state to lose a federal exemption from complying with national proof-of-identity requirements.
A letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Missouri, obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press, informs the state that its exemption from federal Real ID requirements will come to an end Jan. 10.
That means Missouri driver’s licenses cannot be accepted as ID at military bases and most other federal facilities. It also could eventually mean that Missouri driver’s licenses won’t be accepted as identification for commercial airplane flights.
The 2005 Real ID act imposes tougher requirements for proof of legal U.S. residency in order for state driver’s licenses to be valid for federal purposes. The law was passed in response to national security concerns after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Homeland Security Department previously declared Minnesota to be non-compliant, and it sent letters in October to New Mexico and Washington indicating that their exemptions also would end Jan. 10.
States originally were supposed to comply with the Real ID requirements by the end of 2009. Federal authorities have repeatedly delayed implementation to give time for states to change their driver’s license procedures and make the necessary technological improvements.
Two days ago we got our MO drivers licenses and we were telling our son that, if a terrorist wanted to get a photo ID, MO is the place.
We walked in with our old PA licenses and had our birth certificates, copies of electric bills, shit like that. All we did was hand them our old licenses, answered a few questions, paid twenty bucks and bang, we were licensed MO drivers.
That was it.
Oh, and I took a quick eye exam which I promptly failed because I'm blind as a bat. They let me take the test with my glasses on (and I still failed it lol) but told me to take them off when getting my photo taken. I have one license restriction - I can only drive vehicles with two side mirrors.
:biglaugh:
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/12/23/feds-wont-accept-missouri-drivers-licenses/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri residents soon will not be able to use their state driver’s licenses as identification to get into most federal facilities, making it at least the fourth state to lose a federal exemption from complying with national proof-of-identity requirements.
A letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Missouri, obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press, informs the state that its exemption from federal Real ID requirements will come to an end Jan. 10.
That means Missouri driver’s licenses cannot be accepted as ID at military bases and most other federal facilities. It also could eventually mean that Missouri driver’s licenses won’t be accepted as identification for commercial airplane flights.
The 2005 Real ID act imposes tougher requirements for proof of legal U.S. residency in order for state driver’s licenses to be valid for federal purposes. The law was passed in response to national security concerns after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Homeland Security Department previously declared Minnesota to be non-compliant, and it sent letters in October to New Mexico and Washington indicating that their exemptions also would end Jan. 10.
States originally were supposed to comply with the Real ID requirements by the end of 2009. Federal authorities have repeatedly delayed implementation to give time for states to change their driver’s license procedures and make the necessary technological improvements.