[palmer]

Well let me just say that Europeans that I know are always amazed at our half baked ID cards. They wonder why we would be so sloppy about the issuing them. I always answer that American society is not based on strictly knowing who everyone is at all times. If you try to limit it to driving, it won't work, that is already proven by the use of drivers licenses for everything (cashing checks, airports, etc).

My take on licensing is very practical: I drive the gauntlet from DC (jobs) to Manassas (cheap hispanic housing). I've seen a lot of crappy drivers in crappy cars and I really don't care if they are legally licensed or not. My safety on the road is not going to improve if they are.

[MikefromOhio]

I guess I don't understand the logic of thinking that safer drivers are licensed drivers and vice versa. I don't really know where I said that either....