Sorry, but I skipped the last couple of posts. Firstly, you are not required to produce your drivers license in the US if you are not involved in the commission of a crime. If you are walking down the street and a policeman says he'd like to see some ID, you can tell him to go fuck himself, and it's well within your legal rights.
On the other hand, the police have a lot of rights against you that you may not be aware of. For instance, while you park your car ANYWHERE, a police officer has the right to scan your tags and check for prior scrapes with the laws. This includes any time you are legally parked, even in a privately owned parking lot or residence.
My issue with a scanless ID card is the fact that anybody with enough money could buy a scanner or build a scanning system and this would allow major corporations to keep tabs on demographic information (this is similar to the issue of retail corporations implanting their products with chips that track your purchases) and target advertising to you. It equals out to a pretty unprivate future, and reminds me of Minority Report, where eye scans allow personal advertisements to identify you by name.
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