[QUOTE=idigtractors]
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Originally Posted by NightWing
You are required to provide a positiveform of ID, which is easily done with a photo ID such as a driver's license. Not all states have photo ID, so it isn't always possible. Remember that a driver's license is not required to operate a boat, but a Boater's Ed card is and that is a valid form of ID, even without a photo.[/QUOTE]
If the above quote is true, then how does one that is requesting it know that the boating cert. and the ID (no picture) you offer is in fact you. That sure as heck doesn't make sense to this writer.  |
The same way they do if you hand them a non-photo license from another state. If you don't have any ID, and that happens often, or at least it did before a BE certificate was required, you would be requested to sign your name for the officer, by which you would be affirming that the name and date of birth you provided was true. Now, if it wasn't true, that would be a serious issue. Again, the photo ID is the best form of positive proof, but is not the only one accepted. It just makes it easier to determine who is who.