um.. i already asked this question but i really need more info on it because it's a subject i need to learn about for one of my college classes. A lot of people just shared a simple yes or no.. if anyone would care to, please share your opinion and give any information you have supporting your answer so i will understand this a little better. Thanks!!
2006-10-25 13:22:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I would certainly rather see non-citizens having to take and pass OUR driving tests before they take to the roads. Anyone driving in the U.S. should have a valid U.S. license, in my opinion, even if it's only issued for a specific amount of time, such as the period of a visa.
2006-10-25 13:29:53 · answer #1 · answered by fearslady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drivers' licenses are simply that-- cards stating that the bearer is qualified and licensed to operate a vehicle. They have nothing to do with one's citizenship.
Foreign students studying at American universities drive to class; immigrants studying for their citizenship drive to work. I don't think that anyone is proposing that they be allowed to drive unlicensed.
We have come to use state-issued drivers' licenses as a means of national identification, despite the fact trhat the states issuing them often have no way of knowing who is a citizen or not (when I was sixteen I didn't have a US passport-- they took my word that I was born in the US and didn't move here as an infant). If the underlying question is, "Should there be some sort of national ID card demonstrating citizenship?", then it should be recognized as being a fundamentally different question.
2006-10-25 20:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by The Padre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a problem with giving our only common form of recognized ID to people who are not citizens of this county. I would not have a problem with it if we had a national ID system that the federal government ran. This issue is not just about foreigners being able to drive it is about them using an ID to get things that they should not be able to have.
2006-10-25 20:28:08 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Justis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is a law that non-citizens can drive without a driver's license. So they need a driver's license to drive I guess. They need to drive like any other human who needs it.
2006-10-25 20:26:31 · answer #4 · answered by jay s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a problem with it...International drivers license good for me also...
We drive in their country--let em drive here....
2006-10-25 20:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at least they are making themselves notice and not hiding from the law....it's all good
2006-10-25 20:26:09 · answer #6 · answered by Juanita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋