jrb@wdl1.UUCP (jrb ) (08/14/84)
Has anyone else ever tried to cash a cheque in this country using a US passport as ID? It should be legal ID anywhere in the world. People are VERY reluctant to accept it as a picture ID with a credit card. They say "Don't you have a driver's license?" Gack. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL2
faunt@saturn.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (08/15/84)
A friend of mine was hassled once when walking in the vicinity of LA airport because he only had a pilot's license and passport, no drivers license. They let him proceed when a friend of his with a drivers license vouched for him. There is a small amount of reason to this, from the authority's point of view. If your passport or pilots license is missing, and you're not using it, you may not be aware that it is missing, and the police probably are NOT notified when such are reported missing, or replaced. How hard is it to get a duplicate pilot's license? ...!hplabs!faunt
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (08/17/84)
It's easy to get a duplicate pilots license. Just send two dollars to Oklahoma City and wait. -Ron
sullivan@harvard.ARPA (John Sullivan) (08/18/84)
I think most places want ID they can trace. I don't know if it is legal for stores to trace driver's licences, I doubt it is easy to trace passport numbers. I personally wouldn't mind a better national form of ID. I recently had to give in and get a Visa card, because it seems nobody will cash checks unless you have a credit card they accept. John Sullivan