Motorcycle Endorsement vs. Homeland Security

[RonD1120 58]

I obtained the new FL Driver License with motorcycle endorsement yesterday. It took 3 trips before I had acceptable documentation to prove I was a citizen of the U.S.A.

First attempt, I took US Passport, expired last summer; property tax notification; utility bill; certified copy of my DD-214; current FL DL. Rejected because DD-214 not acceptable and was instructed to get Social Security card or W-2.

Second attempt, I replaced the DD-214 with SS card and SS 1099. Rejected because expired Passport not acceptable and was instructed to get birth certificate.

Now I'm 67 YO and like everyone my age, I have my birth certificate at home in my desk. Yeah right. Off I go to my credit union safe deposit box and fortunately there is a certified copy of the BC therein.

Driving distance to credit union and back, 25 miles; three round trips to DL office, 12 miles; total driving distance 37 miles. And, I couldn't even ride my bike because I didn't have the freakin' motorcycle endorsement.

Here's a tip for married ladies dealing with HS and DL Division. You will need certified copies of ALL your marriage licenses. Yeah, that's right, all of them.

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[Belgian_Draft 0]

I can't remember quite what it was I was doing, but several years ago I needed to show a government issued ID. Passport was not acceptable, DL was not, nor was my BC. The only thing they would accept was that stupid little easy-to-copy card with my SS# on it.
Freakin' stupid.

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[Niki1 1]

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I can't remember quite what it was I was doing, but several years ago I needed to show a government issued ID. Passport was not acceptable, DL was not, nor was my BC. The only thing they would accept was that stupid little easy-to-copy card with my SS# on it.
Freakin' stupid.

You mean the one that says at the bottom, "For
Social Security and Tax Purposes--Not For Identification"

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[wayneflorida 0]

I feel so safe now.

[kelpdiver 2]

It looked like I was going to be one of the first people to require a renewal in Cal after the implementation of the Fed mandated Real ID program. Mine expires in early Feb, so no chance that any bugs would be worked out. I was facing a bureaucratic PITA as I have documents with minor issues, and my legal residence is family, while I live and pay utility bills elsewhere.

Fortunately the program was (continues to be, I think) delayed and I'm good for a few more years.

[Royd 0]

I recently got pulled, for speeding through a construction zone.. Only a warning ticket, for that, but due to financial circumstances, my insurance had expired, by 3 weeks. Well, that automatically suspends your liscence, which they promptly remove, from your possession.

Try having to rent a taxi, for the afternoon, to make all of those trips, to the DMV.
Pity the person, who's ID has been destroyed in a fire or flood, or never planned on leaving the country.

[usedtajump 1]

Honest to god, when I applied for Social Security last year the only identification they wanted to see was my driver's license and my DD 214. I didn't have with me nor was I ever asked to show a Social Security Card.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.