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From: ps@celerity.UUCP (Pat Shanahan)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.politics
Subject: Re: ID, government issued
Message-ID: <214@celerity.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 12-Aug-84 04:32:16 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 12 04:32:16 1984
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I had a very similar impression. I originally came to California on a
temporary visa, so my british drivers' license was accepted for purposes of
proving I could drive for the first year, although I actually decided to
take some lessons in a dual control car before trying to drive on the right
by myself.. However, I had great difficulty using checks. Even armed with
passport, british drivers' license, and an employee's I.D. card with
photograph issued by a major american corporation I always had to talk to a
manager to pay by check.

The idea seemed to be that I should go the the California Department of
Motor Vehicles and get a sort of non-drivers licence, paying them a fee for
the privilege. This is a type of goverment supplied I.D. that I had never
even imagined before. As it was I depended largely on cashing checks at the
credit union until I decided to take the California driving test.
-- 
	ps
	(Pat Shanahan)
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