Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 beta 5/9/83; site celerity.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdccs6!celerity!ps 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 Article-I.D.: celerity.214 Posted: Sun Aug 12 04:32:16 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 00:59:03 EDT References: <150@whuxl.UUCP>, <1324@qubix.UUCP> Organization: Celerity Computing Inc, San Diego Ca. Lines: 19 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) uucp : {decvax!ucbvax || ihnp4 || philabs}!sdcsvax!celerity!ps arpa : sdcsvax!celerity!ps@nosc