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[–] MiddleWeigh 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

From my basic understanding, those states, you'd need a REAL ID to be a valid driver. I know I don't have one.

It would be used as pretense to stop those out of state plates, that will be in their own classification, and come up as a flag on officer computers, scanners etc. From there it's all discretion on the officers part on how they handle it. If their boss needs bodies, they'll be had, ime.

I won't be going to Florida anytime soon, for sure.

[–] theyoyomaster 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The news articles and posts about it are deliberately vague to generate outrage. The bill only applies to licenses exclusively issued to people without legal status.

http://laws.flrules.org/2023/40

[–] MiddleWeigh 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Thanks for clarification.

I am confused cause I found :

The law focuses on specific classes of driver’s licenses in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont. It doesn’t invalidate the licenses but rather classifications given to those without immigration status in the United States.

That includes licenses with classifications such as “Not For Federal Identification”, “Driving Privilege Only” and “Not Valid for Identification

"Not for federal indefication" is used for all non real id's, right?

So do these all now fall into their own classification regardless of legal status?

Im still still confused.

[–] Doomrabbit 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing this is to catch commercial drivers with higher endorsements, possibly a semi or bus driver. States regularly have stricter licensing guidelines than each other, and Florida has added citizenship as a requirement. The listed states apparently do not check this.

[–] MiddleWeigh 3 points 1 year ago

Ah I think I grasp it now. So those states that don't check legal status are now, by default, all getting classified on FLs end? It seems like a rather unnecessary contact point for our legal system, and has potential to be abused, outside of illegal immigrants.

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