Comments on: Welcome to North Carolina, you can’t drive here http://blog.sidboswell.com/2009/08/28/welcome-to-north-carolina-you-cant-drive-here/ Yet another weblog clogging up the internet tubes... Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sid Boswell http://blog.sidboswell.com/2009/08/28/welcome-to-north-carolina-you-cant-drive-here/comment-page-1/#comment-975 Sid Boswell Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:40:17 +0000 http://blog.sidboswell.com/?p=547#comment-975 Granted there are some requirements for the Real ID Act and therefore I had to be verified to get my license. However, if the system is down there are several options ... as a matter of fact they weren't giving me the picture ID so they could have issues a temporary paper permit (which wouldn't get me onto a plane or into a federal building) and if there was a continued problem with SS, they could have asked me to return ... yadda yadda yadda As for proof of insurance, it's a piece of paper not subject to any verification with the exception that it's a piece of paper (no "real" act of any sort). The so called "proof" is anything but proof that my insurance company will honor a claim. If I cancel my insurance the second I walk out the door of the DMV (who even says I didn't cancel it before) is the State of North Carolina going to know that and somehow show up at my house and request my "Real ID?" NO. Also, the problems with Real ID and proving who I am have nothing to do with insurance so my statement of why I needed to provide insurance to provide i *can* drive a car stands. Bringing in a 3rd party into the discussion is irrelevant. It's a law enacted to prevent less fortunate and illegals off the road. What's even more fucked up is that you can't buy a car in North Carolina without a drivers license. See the problem yet? Granted there are some requirements for the Real ID Act and therefore I had to be verified to get my license. However, if the system is down there are several options … as a matter of fact they weren’t giving me the picture ID so they could have issues a temporary paper permit (which wouldn’t get me onto a plane or into a federal building) and if there was a continued problem with SS, they could have asked me to return … yadda yadda yadda

As for proof of insurance, it’s a piece of paper not subject to any verification with the exception that it’s a piece of paper (no “real” act of any sort). The so called “proof” is anything but proof that my insurance company will honor a claim. If I cancel my insurance the second I walk out the door of the DMV (who even says I didn’t cancel it before) is the State of North Carolina going to know that and somehow show up at my house and request my “Real ID?” NO.

Also, the problems with Real ID and proving who I am have nothing to do with insurance so my statement of why I needed to provide insurance to provide i *can* drive a car stands.

Bringing in a 3rd party into the discussion is irrelevant.

It’s a law enacted to prevent less fortunate and illegals off the road. What’s even more fucked up is that you can’t buy a car in North Carolina without a drivers license. See the problem yet?

]]> By: MAGGIE http://blog.sidboswell.com/2009/08/28/welcome-to-north-carolina-you-cant-drive-here/comment-page-1/#comment-974 MAGGIE Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:44:47 +0000 http://blog.sidboswell.com/?p=547#comment-974 Sid, Sid, Sid. The document requirements to get your license in just about any state are deteremined by laws. The Real Id Act is a law that sets out uniform guide lines that states can follow in order to issue a document (ie driver license or ID card) that can be used to gain entry to federal government buildings or military bases or to board an airline, etc. North Carolina is compliant with this law. The "Social Security system" is an online verification system that makes sure that the name, date of birth and Social Security number are all correct, so that someone can't use your SSN with their name. The document requirements are pretty much the same, state to state. Now, that insurance thing... Suppose you are driving down the road and some schmoe runs into you. He is driving his girl friends car. He doesn't have insurance, but she does. But when you go to file a claim against her insurance company, they say, "Tough luck Sid. Her boyfriend wasn't on her policy, so we ain't payin' you a nickel." Fortunately, since he had to get his insurance to get his license, he has his own insurance for you to file against. Now, as for proving whether you can drive or not. How would you suggest we do that. We could have road tested you. It's only a 10 minute ride around the block, but you would have complained that you already have a license so why do you need a road test. and what would a 10 minute ride prove. Or maybe we could increase the length of time you have to spend trying to get a license by requiring a two hour road test or two day, or maybe make you take driver training. See the problem? Sorry if my fellow DMV Ladies and Gents were not friendly. Here's a phrase you should become familiar with. "Bless their hearts." Welcome to North Carolina! Sid, Sid, Sid. The document requirements to get your license in just about any state are deteremined by laws. The Real Id Act is a law that sets out uniform guide lines that states can follow in order to issue a document (ie driver license or ID card) that can be used to gain entry to federal government buildings or military bases or to board an airline, etc. North Carolina is compliant with this law. The “Social Security system” is an online verification system that makes sure that the name, date of birth and Social Security number are all correct, so that someone can’t use your SSN with their name. The document requirements are pretty much the same, state to state. Now, that insurance thing… Suppose you are driving down the road and some schmoe runs into you. He is driving his girl friends car. He doesn’t have insurance, but she does. But when you go to file a claim against her insurance company, they say, “Tough luck Sid. Her boyfriend wasn’t on her policy, so we ain’t payin’ you a nickel.” Fortunately, since he had to get his insurance to get his license, he has his own insurance for you to file against. Now, as for proving whether you can drive or not. How would you suggest we do that. We could have road tested you. It’s only a 10 minute ride around the block, but you would have complained that you already have a license so why do you need a road test. and what would a 10 minute ride prove. Or maybe we could increase the length of time you have to spend trying to get a license by requiring a two hour road test or two day, or maybe make you take driver training. See the problem? Sorry if my fellow DMV Ladies and Gents were not friendly. Here’s a phrase you should become familiar with. “Bless their hearts.” Welcome to North Carolina!

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