tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post2058996417728397403..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: I.D. CARD -- $$$ FOR VALUES -- EMOTIONAL LABILITYJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-16764127774486870252018-10-27T19:40:53.146-07:002018-10-27T19:40:53.146-07:00Anything that has to do with thw CA DMV is awful -...Anything that has to do with thw CA DMV is awful - other states are much better. I hope to be back in Texas soon so I do not have to worry about everything.Shackman https://www.blogger.com/profile/01690901432037614409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-21418309089449382572018-10-26T00:00:22.059-07:002018-10-26T00:00:22.059-07:00That's correct. You just declare on your appli...That's correct. You just declare on your application that you're physically fit to drive and that's it. No doctor's note, no medical assessment, nothing!nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-13263105102352197152018-10-25T12:11:12.146-07:002018-10-25T12:11:12.146-07:00Glad the information is of value. Expanding my t...Glad the information is of value. Expanding my topic beyond a blurb about my personal experience was incidental as I began writing and became curious about what other states, then nations licensing and auto accident rates were. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-68807990673256209232018-10-25T12:01:32.829-07:002018-10-25T12:01:32.829-07:00i can understand why you wrote on your blog about ...i can understand why you wrote on your blog about the older driver/accident issues there since from what you say there is no further official skill reassessment at any age in order to renew the driving license. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-69850791713656687332018-10-25T05:32:20.280-07:002018-10-25T05:32:20.280-07:00Thanks for the info of the Driver's ID card. ...Thanks for the info of the Driver's ID card. I checked North Carolina and learned what is required and will follow through.Goldendaze-Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823572794470671309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32514460192002392942018-10-25T02:36:42.907-07:002018-10-25T02:36:42.907-07:00Renewing your drivers licence is very straightforw...Renewing your drivers licence is very straightforward in the UK. You just send off the application and the new licence is usually back in a few days. Nobody's ever raised the possibility of simultaneous voter registration, but it sounds like a good idea to me because millions of people in the UK are unregistered.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-32945153245359574602018-10-24T23:02:15.664-07:002018-10-24T23:02:15.664-07:00A hundred pounds — wow! — some typo! A hundred pounds — wow! — some typo! Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-78869955401255222822018-10-24T22:53:48.229-07:002018-10-24T22:53:48.229-07:00Unless the situation changes, waiting to make an a...Unless the situation changes, waiting to make an appointment to renew my driver’s license as I always did, until I received my renewal notice, was too late this year. Certainly couldn’t hurt to make an appointment before yours and might even be wise if the DMV starts to get even busier the closer we get to 2020. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-41610028441870712172018-10-24T16:15:36.978-07:002018-10-24T16:15:36.978-07:00My CA driver's license is good until 07/19. LO...My CA driver's license is good until 07/19. LONG waits at the DMV are the new normal, it would seem. Booking my appt. well in advance of the expiry date sounds like the thing I need to do!Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-4007247599432738442018-10-24T13:06:03.257-07:002018-10-24T13:06:03.257-07:00You certainly have a wallet full of cards. My hus...You certainly have a wallet full of cards. My husband’s wallet became so thick Dr. told him to stop carrying in his hip pocket as when he sat down adversely affected his body alignment. Wonder how difficult it is replacing cards if lost or stolen. Also, wonder how readily phony cards can be dummied up. <br /><br />Read article and sounds like quite an ongoing issue. Can understand the Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-57203153231491992772018-10-24T06:01:21.761-07:002018-10-24T06:01:21.761-07:00You should be in India in the midst of our Nationa...You should be in India in the midst of our National Identity Card debate.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadhaar<br /><br />I also have Driving Licence, Passport, Voter Identity card and my Permanent Account Number for Income Tax Card for identification too! Imagine carrying all those plus club membership cards, credit cards all in one's wallet! Rummuserhttp://rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-30663216964405075542018-10-23T13:27:50.304-07:002018-10-23T13:27:50.304-07:00Oh yes, Traveller’s cheques! I see Germany is 9th...Oh yes, Traveller’s cheques! I see Germany is 9th on the list of 31 countries with the least accidents on the International Road Safety Commission report. With speed such an issue, speed limits of one sort or another most places, lowering the vehicle maximum limits or putting governors on vehicles could help, but likely will never happen as you say. Interesting to learn you have lifelong Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-11389378392124926222018-10-23T11:49:57.101-07:002018-10-23T11:49:57.101-07:00This was a slightly Kafkaesque tale reminding me o...This was a slightly Kafkaesque tale reminding me of the convoluted ways involved when changing traveller cheques (remember those?) into cash in a bank anywhere on the Indian subcontinent about 30 years ago. <br /><br />We are issued driving licences for life, there's the risk of losing it when causing an accident etc. but apart from that, I only had to renew it when my additional Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-27612579393338489182018-10-23T10:44:54.484-07:002018-10-23T10:44:54.484-07:00I’ll agree it’s not a breeze, especially if the ex...I’ll agree it’s not a breeze, especially if the exact documentation required isn’t readily available — just be sure to complete the application online, or a paper one in advance and have those required items, or phone first to find out what you can use. My second phone call days later, which I didn’t mention, went through with very little waiting. <br /><br />Our leaders contradictory words Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-41010003168185968252018-10-23T09:03:12.947-07:002018-10-23T09:03:12.947-07:00I sincerely wish that everyone pushing for Voter I...I sincerely wish that everyone pushing for Voter ID could read your post. Then imagine how much more difficult it would be for the poor or disabled. It's simply not that easy to breeze in and get an ID.<br /><br />As long as the Trumps are so indebted to the Saudis our government will accept all of the most incredible and changing explanations about the torture and killing of a journalist NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-54041065990673473932018-10-23T01:44:30.462-07:002018-10-23T01:44:30.462-07:00Glad you got your license as I recall reading on y...Glad you got your license as I recall reading on your blog about your doing so. <br />Really an experience, isn’t it. I thought maybe as this I.D. Card becomes more prevalent across the country more businesses might start requiring the card which is why I’m going to go ahead and get it. Also won’t cost me anymore DMV told me if I get it within the next 30 days of getting my license....but Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-7276965991669896462018-10-22T18:52:21.701-07:002018-10-22T18:52:21.701-07:00Dear Joared...I went through all that exactly like...Dear Joared...I went through all that exactly like that on 9/11. I failed the eye exam...and passed a second time, and I took the computer test and failed that too. They let me take it a second time right then and there....thank heavens I passed. I elected to keep my password and use that for the planes. Usually we travel by train tho. Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-80113296815123087482018-10-21T15:34:50.024-07:002018-10-21T15:34:50.024-07:00The test isn’t that hard — I passed it! My very fi...The test isn’t that hard — I passed it! My very first drivers license as a teenager living a few years in Ark. at the time, was presented to me without my ever taking a test or appearing in any office, much less demonstrating my driving skills in a vehicle. The married father of my new younger classmate presented this legal license, unsolicited, as a gift in what a year later revealed itself to Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-62644075713155594192018-10-21T15:26:20.924-07:002018-10-21T15:26:20.924-07:00Oops...should read....a few questions being missed...Oops...should read....a few questions being missed on the test will still allow passing. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-81027195553902430552018-10-21T14:48:24.718-07:002018-10-21T14:48:24.718-07:00The test examples can be found at California DMV D...The test examples can be found at California DMV Driving Test — a series of questions with 3 answer choices. Also a sample test in back of Calif. and similar AAA Handbooks. I always review them for any new laws or changes. A few questions missed mis allowed. Can study and take test again a couple more times if not passed. I’ve never had to retake the test but could easily goof up though no Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-80875283243590957662018-10-21T13:13:16.623-07:002018-10-21T13:13:16.623-07:00We received notice about the I.D. Card with our dr...We received notice about the I.D. Card with our driving license renewal. Expect as 2020 draws closer people will hear more about it. We were in a line to receive numbers at DMV when we first register, then can sit and wait for our number and instructions for which window to go to — on tv screen and loud speaker announcement. Even then, there can be people backed up waiting at some of those Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1960415089527289392018-10-21T12:56:51.593-07:002018-10-21T12:56:51.593-07:00Some people, especially in select states, want to ...Some people, especially in select states, want to be able to manipulate voter roles, polling places, to keep certain groups of people from being able to vote I expect, along with gerrymandering. Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-45490711542247963122018-10-21T12:51:46.610-07:002018-10-21T12:51:46.610-07:00Our system was like that mostly, too, and very smo...Our system was like that mostly, too, and very smooth for me here. but they decided to use this opportunity to update voter registration records. They figure in the future this will simply be another way in which voters can register and more conveniently for those getting their drivers license or the I.D. Card. <br /><br />The voter error was reportedly a whole group of people they discovered Joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-48522243819993241692018-10-21T12:50:39.592-07:002018-10-21T12:50:39.592-07:00Phew, I am glad I didn't move to Ca in the 70&...Phew, I am glad I didn't move to Ca in the 70's. Driver's license here is a peice of cake. Read the eye chart and you are good for 8 years and I was 78 when they issued mine. Haven't heard about the I.D. Card but since I have a fear of flying that won't be a problem. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-7605301716723979662018-10-21T12:05:22.729-07:002018-10-21T12:05:22.729-07:00I don't think Oregon has even gotten the corre...I don't think Oregon has even gotten the correct way to get the driver's licenses that will work for air flights. They appealed for an extension last I heard. It is a concern. What kind of test did you have to take? Last time I got mine renewed it was just vision and that was cursory. My current license is supposed to be good until 2021.<br /><br />On Khashoggi, I think, it's a good Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com