Big Brotherish Laws

[Peter Gutmann]

Bill Stewart <bill.stewart at pobox.com> writes:

>I have heard of one case where somebody was stopped in Nevada, and instead of
>presenting his California driver's license, if any, he presented his
>somewhere-in-the-Caribbean non-photo license and an international driver's
>license, and that was just fine for Nevada.

That's because non-US licenses constitute automatic permission for minor
traffic law violations.  The scenario is something like the following:

[Driver gets pulled over].

Driver: "Gidday mate, hows it going?"

[Cop asks for license, looks at it]

Cop: "Ahhhh, screw it, too much paperwork.  Don't do it again.  HAND".

Peter.