Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!sullivan From: sullivan@harvard.ARPA (John Sullivan) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Passports as ID Message-ID: <20@harvard.ARPA> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 22:00:36 EDT Article-I.D.: harvard.20 Posted: Fri Aug 17 22:00:36 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Aug-84 01:38:05 EDT References: <382@wdl1.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard Lines: 9 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