A steak dinner is riding on this one - I have looked all over the internet and cannot find a written form that says i would still need a state drivers license to drive a car. Can someone point me in the right direction.
2006-11-28 10:16:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Congratulations on your steak dinner! As a police officer I can tell you; If you are operating a government vehicle in your official capacity as a government employee you do not need a state issued license. Below I included a portion of our states statute. Each state's statute will obviously be worded differently with different section numbers however; each state has a provision for the operation of government vehicles. The requirement for you to have a license depends on the government agency you work for. If they require that you have a license in addition to your identification then yes, you must have a license while operating a government vehicle. If they don't require a state license then you don't need one.
If you wish to drive your private vehicle then yes, you need a state issued license.
31-7-107. Persons exempted.
(a) The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirement under this act:
(i) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business unless the employee is required by the United States government or any agency thereof to have a state driver's license;
2006-11-28 14:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by LEO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must possess a valid state drivers license to drive. Period. You may, like stated above, have an out of state drivers license but it must be in good standing with your state of issue. A military ID alone will not do. States also vary on whether or not to honor a drivers license that is expired while serving in the military. For example: Washington state does not require renewal of state drivers license during active duty military service, on the other hand New Mexico does require renewal once the issued license has expired regardless of military service.
Also, you must have a valid state drivers license to drive a military vehicle, at least in the AF you do. The other branches may vary.
2006-11-28 10:44:08 · answer #2 · answered by Fatboy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need a Driver's license to Drive a military ID card is just that a ID card. When you are in the military you even get a military driver's license to driver GOVT vehicles. When you are in the military your state license does not expire.
2006-11-28 10:33:18 · answer #3 · answered by spyderman131 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The confusion may arise because it is not necessary for you to have a driver's license in the state where you're stationed; but you must have a valid driver's license issued by a state DMV.
In other words, if I got pulled over while I was stationed in California, they would accept my Michigan driver's license and my military ID.
They would cite me for driving without a license if I only had a military ID.
2006-11-28 10:29:27 · answer #4 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you from personal experience of being in the military and not having a drivers license. No, you can't use your military ID as drivers license, you need an actual state drivers license.
Here's wikipedia take on what a military ID is used for, notice that nowhere does it say allows one to legally drive a car.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_military_ID
2006-11-28 10:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope sure can't its Military ID nothing more a drivers licenses are issued per state so if you have a lic in California it will not work as a license in like Miami you have to change it to Miami within 6 months of moving there so no military id will not cut it if you get pulled over driving without a license is the ticket you will get hope that helps Lr
2016-05-22 23:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be a cop, and I can tell you in all the years of doing that I have never heard of a military ID being an acceptable substitution for a state-issued driver's license. Perhaps there is an exception if a government vehicle is being driven during actual wartime operations or if the vehicle is being driven on government property (not on state roads) but that may be the only exception.
Bottom line...I believe all states require a driver's license to operate vehicles on state roads.
2006-11-28 10:23:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to look this up for you, but a military ID can't be used as a drivers license. Just because you're in the military doesn't mean you know how to drive.
2006-11-28 10:21:02 · answer #8 · answered by Paul P 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You need a state driver's license to drive civilian cars in the U.S. The military issues their own driver's licenses for military vehicles, and you can only drive only those military vehicles specified on the back of that license.
2006-11-28 10:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
military ID and a driver's license are not related.
if you have a driver's license from another state and you are stationed in another, they will honor your original license for the first 6 months. if you are staying longer, you must get a driver's license issue by the state you are driving in.
that's why you can drive cross country with out getting 20 diffferent licenses.
2006-11-28 10:27:42 · answer #10 · answered by Rigger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋