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On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 07:47:01AM -0600, Peter da Silva wrote: > This sort of thing can work for you. > > Policeman: "Do you know what you did just then?" > Me: "Yes, officer, I'm sorry..." > Policeman: "License..." > I hand over Australian license. I see the "brain freeze" response as > the police officer thinks about putting some random foreign junk on his form. > Policeman: "... thank you, please drive more carefully in the future." > Officer drives off, I get no ticket... New York state driver's licenses used to have this property when used out of state. The ID was a complex sequence of about 25 letters and numbers. Most out of state police would look at it and send you on your way rather than try to cram it all into the tiny little field on their ticket. Apparently, though I've never confirmed this, your ID number contained lots of physical information about you so a knowledgable NY state trooper could look at your ID and know things like your age, height, eye color, etc.. It was an anti-fake id measure. "I'm sure you're old enough to purchase beer here, Mr. Johnson. But what's it like being a 104 year old woman?"There's stuff above here
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