More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses

berberine writes "A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states. The Maine Legislature on Jan. 26 overwhelmingly passed a resolution objecting to the Real ID Act of 2005. The federal law sets a national standard for driver's licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases. Within a week of Maine's action, lawmakers in Georgia, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington state also balked at Real ID. They are expected soon to pass laws or adopt resolutions declining to participate in the federal identification network. Maine's rejection was recently discussed on slashdot."

Comments

Think of the Children!

[emptybody]

sorry, couldnt resist.

watch out for revenous mooninites while you are at it.

you used the wrong approach

[Anonymous Coward]

You should have placed tolls (collected simply by cops in cruisers) at all road entrances to your state and had them collect a (large -- think 5-figure or more per-vehicle) toll only from federal (military, etc.) vehicles.

Ensure that if the feds want to use your roads then they *will* fund them whether its indirectly (as per usual) or directly.

Re:i don't see what is so great about state's righ

[Jon Peterson]

Well, look on the bright side. Neither the states nor the Feds are enforcing capital letters, and you for one must be very glad of that.