VoyeurBear2020 t1_jd1ao3u wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:35 AM

What has happened to our country. Sorry i grew up in a country where you could cross state lines without id. We used to make jokes about NAZI Germany of the 1940s. Sorry pet pieve

4kidsmom1 t1_jd2k4i5 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:43 AM

You don’t need I’d to cross state lines. Wth are you talking about. Real ID is for flying to anywhere

VoyeurBear2020 t1_jd3a9kg wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:09 PM

I'll accept that for international flights. I got my driver's license in 1970. At that time on NY I presented my birth certificate to get my application notarized. 53 years later in Pennsylvania in order to get a Real ID to fly indide the country, I have reprove who I am and pay more money for my driver's license. So yes to fly to Florida, across state lines, i have to show my license. I'm 68 years old on a fixed income. Groceries are through the roof. I don't need extra costs.

20 years ago you had 24 hours to produce your driver's license if you got stopped ( in general). We have lost something.

4kidsmom1 t1_jd3ashj wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:13 PM

You still have 24 hours to produce your drivers license. Because people have chosen to use planes as weapons, they need to very your ID. This in no way compare to the Nazi era. My husband flies multiple time a month, my son is in the military. I prefer that both of them make it home alive and that is why we need to know is using the PRIVILEGE of flight. No one is required to get a real ID. No one is required to fly.

susinpgh t1_jd3ftl0 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:46 PM

But it is the issue with Real ID, and one of the reasons that there is an objection to it. I had to get real ID for my job, and I am just a few years younger than the user you're responding to. It took me six weeks to get my paperwork together, and all told, it ran me >$120.

As mentioned, it was required for my job. But I honestly don't make all that much. It was a bit, but because it was nickeled and dimed out it didn't hit all at once.

When Real ID was first discussed, it was seen as a way of putting a hurdle in place for the older generations and for the poor.

4kidsmom1 t1_jd3gvxu wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:53 PM

I’m 53. I got my real id 2 years ago. I’m female and have changed my name twice. I had all documents necessary. Walked in, showed my documents, paid less than $75 and walked out 10 minutes later with my real Id

susinpgh t1_jd3j79f wrote on March 21, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Good for you. I was told that what I had thought was my birth certificate, wasn't. I had the same issue with my marriage certificate. I had to pay to have the originating counties send me the documents. It took me a total of 6 weeks. But hey, I did post that already, didn't I?

It is still a hurdle for some, it is still gatekeeping. I'm about 12 years older than you. It is more difficult for seniors to get this paperwork together, and for low income people, it can be an issue too.

GSDBUZZ t1_jd3anhx wrote on March 21, 2023 at 3:12 PM

I grew up in Buffalo and I used to cross into Canada in a bathing suit with my friend’s mom. No ID, certainly no passport. Things change.