From Deseret News archives:
A license to drive
Should a driver's license be used as a default identification card?
No. We believe that a driver's license should be for driving, not for personal validation to obtain credit, services or access.
Is a national I.D. card then needed?
We can see the advantages in such a card. They have served Britain well over the years. Other democracies have them. But in this era of homeland security in America, we share some of the reservations of naysayers who fear the cards could become "tracking devices" for surreptitious purposes. People looking to achieve some nebulous "greater good" may be willing to cut corners to achieve it. Therefore the notion of a national I.D. card should be on the table, but it needs much more study, and all reservations need to be quelled before such cards are issued.
Should illegal immigrants be given drivers' licenses?
In the end, citizens who say that driving is a privilege and not a right are correct. But it is a privilege that is a necessity in the lives of many workers, students and homemakers some of them here illegally. Punishing people who are contributing to society should not be the first option. Such punishment should be reserved for scofflaws who drive while intoxicated or irresponsibly.
Sorting through the driving debacle will not be easy.
Not sorting through it is to court disaster.
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