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mccoy@cayman.com (Michael McCoy) writes:
>Seriously, most liquor stores accept only driver licenses for a very good 
>reason -- everyone knows what they look like, they are hard to duplicate, 
>and they are recognized by statute as valid proof of age for sale of liquor. 
>A state issued liquor ID card may meet criterion #3, but most people 
>don't know what they look like and they would be very easy to forge.

A couple of people have pointed out that liquor IDs aren't issued any
more.  But I'm pretty sure that when I renewed my license last year,
the RMV was in fact offering IDs which aren't called "liquor" IDs.  They
do not confer the right to drive, but they look the same as a license and
carry the same proof-of-identity requirements to obtain as a license does.

There are many reasons why someone wouldn't have the right to drive or
would choose not to get a license (I note with irony Weld's proclamation
that license fees were so ridiculous that he single-handedly rolled them
back).  Indeed, the state is probably too lax about handing out licenses
to people who drive dangerously; we do have some rather horrendous
drivers.  But even a maniac who should be driven off the road ought to
have the right to an inexpensive, legal proof of identity.

-rich