wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (05/03/84)
[] All 50 states, and I believe Canada (I might be wrong), are now hooked up through a network which passes license revocation information between them. Therefor, lose your license in Ohio, your name is checked against the lists in all other states (supposedly) and dual licenses are ferreted out and revoked. Truck drivers have a different situation in that they are required to be licensed in some of the states they drive through, but not all. They can carry several licenses, however, there is a movement afoot to create a national license for their case. There is not now a revokation procedure for truckers with several licenses. Thus, it is difficult to catch up with the very small percentage of nerd truckers.
2212zap@mhuxm.UUCP (putnins) (05/03/84)
In NJ there is a distinct difference between a suspended license and a revoked license. Furthermore, someone I know had accumulated enough points in NJ on his NY license to cause his NY license to be suspended, but this happened 6 months after he had accumulated the points. There seems to be a tremendous time lag between a conviction on a traffic violation and the recording of that conviction in Trenton (up to six months). So any network that informs other states of revoked licenses would have atleast that much lag.
jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (05/05/84)
One interesting case is a foreign country's driver's license. I know one person with a foreign license who has accumulated more than enough points for the revocation of his license. These points can not physically be attached to the license (he would simply ask his country to issue a new one). As a result, since he has violations in many different counties (yes, counties, not countries), and no state has authority to revoke his license anyway, he can violate with impunity. I suppose they can always deport him. As an aside, Americans have a reputation for driving like madmen in Germany. Till Eulenspiegel -- "Some people are eccentric, but I am just plain odd" Reachable as ....allegra![rayssd,rlgvax]!ccieng5!jbf
dman@homxa.UUCP (#D.ANDERSON) (05/13/84)
>NEVER! >A National Drivers License -- This will become the litmus test for >freedom, to oppose federal slavery! >I refuse to further permit myself to slide into the chasm of >a National Identification Card -- WHATEVER form it takes!! >Charlie Tierney Don't you have a social security card? Do you participate in elections and pay your taxes? It doesn't seem as if it matters whether a NID exists or not. I'll bet they could find you if they wanted to. "BOILING your SOCKS?" "Yeah, it's the only way I can get th' things CLEAN!" Dave Anderson 201-583-3341