[zenzen]

I’m guessing they didn’t lose their license?

In the US we’re terrified to take away someone’s access to a car because there are so few valid alternatives in most of the country. To the point where driving tests are basically a rubber stamp, and re-tests are nonexistent.

[beej71]

> I’m guessing they didn’t lose their license?

They did not. Cited, points, and I'm sure their insurance went up.

We got to fight with their insurance company to try to get enough money for another car and to cover medical expenses. That was fun.

Even though there was no contest that the other driver was at fault, I started driving with a 4K dashcam after that. And I found something interesting: I started driving more carefully myself because if there was an accident, I wanted the record to show I was blameless.

[interestica]

And then there's the absurdity of using a "driver's license" as some form of universal government ID.

[mksybr]

If you don't have driving abilities you can get a state ID card.

[interestica]

Yup. But places that need proof of age (for example) will still ask for "your driver's license".

[bmicraft]

You mean a "non-drivers driver licence"?

[Sohcahtoa82]

You do know that state-issued ID cards exist, right? They usually just say "Identification card" or something.

Yes, they look similar to a driver's license card, but so what?

We have ID cards. We have driver's license cards. The latter is so ubiquitous that there's really no reason to require drivers to carry both. Just allow the second to be used as the first. AFAIK, in most states, they're both issued at the DMV (or your state's equivalent organization) anyways.

I'm just really struggling to see what you're trying to get at. Your question is posed in such a way that I'm interpreting it to be an attempt at some sort of "gotcha" question.

[joveian]

They are often called driver's licenses, though, because it is so common that the official state issued id is a driver's license. In less formal language (in my experience) "identification" usually means random student id or bus passes or any picture id would be ok while "driver's license" means official state id or military id.

[bmicraft]

It was just a joke because I've heard those are a thing too