Driver's License Documents: REAL ID's Unreal Consequences
The more we learn about new driver's license-documentation requirements, the less there is to like. In an editorial Thursday, we wrote of the difficulties that people (especially elderly people) face in meeting the requirements as they try to renew or update their license.
Since then, readers have brought to our attention even more problems with the rules.
For instance, married women and widows are at a disadvantage, simply because their names are no longer the same as what is on their birth certificate. Many need to bring official marriage licenses when they go to the driver's license agency.
This confusing bureaucratic overkill was perpetrated by Congress' 2005 REALID act, being phased in now. Approved in the name of homeland securityand fraud protection, the legislation has long raised nationwide concerns over its cost, its potential threat to privacy and uncertainties about database sharing among the 50 states.
Licensing agencies also warned that the stricter document requirements would cause paperwork delays and customer inconvenience.
In Florida, the tougher document requirements took effect six weeks ago, instigating a tide of complaints and frustration.
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