Florida Drivers Permits and a Hello

[Dave]

>What possible value could the LEAs get by having your thumbprint digitally
>encoded on your driver's license?  It's not like the average cop-on-the-beat
>is qualified to lift a fingerprint and compare it.  Even if he was, how
>does it benefit that the fingerprint is on the license?
>
>This seems silly.

There are device that will electronicly read fingerprints available now.  So
with such a device, the LEO would know instantly if you were who you said
that you were.