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FREEDOM? State says, No Smiling On Drivers License

g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
edited May 2009 in A Moving Train
The next time you step in front of the camera for your driver's license photo, you might want to skip the forced smile. Four states have urged drivers to stop grinning because it interferes with anti-fraud protections on driver's license pictures, USA Today reported.
Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia tell drivers to keep neutral expressions when they get their license photos taken. The states are using software that compares new license photos with hold ones. Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

I don't usually smile anyway but damn what if I wanted to. I figured Virginia would get in on this with many more to come.

No Smiling on Driver's Licenses, States Say

Peace
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  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    I just saw this on Yahoo
    I'm not usually smiling when I'm at the DMV anyway
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    g under p wrote:
    Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

    and we wouldn't want to do that, now would we? :roll:


    paging mr. orwell, mr george orwell ;)
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    norm wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

    and we wouldn't want to do that, now would we? :roll:


    paging mr. orwell, mr george orwell ;)

    Oh please if they were seeking some murder/rape suspect and wanted sort out a smiling face to be recognized. I'M SURE they'd be able to figure out who's smiling/grinning at them. :D

    Just to mess with them I'd smile till they ran out of film or whatever digital card they use.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    g under p wrote:
    The next time you step in front of the camera for your driver's license photo, you might want to skip the forced smile. Four states have urged drivers to stop grinning because it interferes with anti-fraud protections on driver's license pictures, USA Today reported.
    Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia tell drivers to keep neutral expressions when they get their license photos taken. The states are using software that compares new license photos with hold ones. Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

    I don't usually smile anyway but damn what if I wanted to. I figured Virginia would get in on this with many more to come.

    No Smiling on Driver's Licenses, States Say

    Peace

    I don't get it. Why would they be comparing an old to a new license anyway? Also, if you're that upset about your "freedom" how about the fact that we have to get licenses in the first place?
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    edited May 2009
    What about cleavage? Is that allowed? ;) my last license I somehow managed cleavage in the shot! :lol: though it's still a horrible picture.
    Post edited by CHANGEinWAVES on
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    norm wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

    and we wouldn't want to do that, now would we? :roll:


    paging mr. orwell, mr george orwell ;)
    Please dial extension 1-9-8-4 :twisted:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    soulsinging wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    The next time you step in front of the camera for your driver's license photo, you might want to skip the forced smile. Four states have urged drivers to stop grinning because it interferes with anti-fraud protections on driver's license pictures, USA Today reported.
    Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia tell drivers to keep neutral expressions when they get their license photos taken. The states are using software that compares new license photos with hold ones. Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

    I don't usually smile anyway but damn what if I wanted to. I figured Virginia would get in on this with many more to come.

    No Smiling on Driver's Licenses, States Say

    Peace

    I don't get it. Why would they be comparing an old to a new license anyway? Also, if you're that upset about your "freedom" how about the fact that we have to get licenses in the first place?

    No different than you having a license to be a lawyer or me having a license to be a nurse. I'm not that upset about this but more about how other states may add this ridiculous requirement.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    Funny, just yesterday I was flying out of Ohio and the security guy told me: Oh, come on, you gave the Motor Vehicle people a much better smile than you are giving me!

    He knew of no ban on smiles. In fact, he said they found out that the smile is the most consistent feature of your face across the years. I don't think it's true (botox, anyone?), but he seemed really convinced.
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    g under p wrote:
    The next time you step in front of the camera for your driver's license photo, you might want to skip the forced smile. Four states have urged drivers to stop grinning because it interferes with anti-fraud protections on driver's license pictures, USA Today reported.
    Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada and Virginia tell drivers to keep neutral expressions when they get their license photos taken. The states are using software that compares new license photos with hold ones. Grinning can mess up the facial recognition technology.

    I don't usually smile anyway but damn what if I wanted to. I figured Virginia would get in on this with many more to come.

    No Smiling on Driver's Licenses, States Say

    Peace

    well....you're free to not get a license...
  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    inmytree wrote:
    well....you're free to not get a license...

    Exactly. Getting a drivers licence is not some kind of a fundamental freedom. I mean if people are going to complain that they don't have the freedom to smile, why not complain that you don't have the freedom to wear a mask in the picture (or opt out of the picture all together) or that you don't have the freedom to withold your address?
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    i was specifically told not to smile the last time
    i got my license renewed in Ohio a couple of years ago.

    seems logical. and appropriate.
    Nice shirt.
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    you can't smile on passport photos either
  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    quote]
    Just to mess with them I'd smile till they ran out of film or whatever digital card they use.[/quote]



    Brilliant idea!
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  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    I'll never understand the "freedoms" that people whine about not having.

    I remember when Boston (I think) banned trans fats in restaurants and people all whined about how their "freedom to eat what I want" was being taken away... like.. people... that's poison.. your body can't break them down and they kill you slowly... you want the "freedom" to be fed poison instead of something that isn't going to kill you? Are you high?

    I remember people complaining about how Kellogs was taking High Fructose Corn Syrup out of some cereal and people went nuts that their "freedom" to have what they wanted was being taken away.

    I think there are even people who complain about pirates who sell those bootleg DVD movies being arrested because they want the "freedom to buy what I want."

    You want the "freedom" to smile on your driver's license? WTF? That's like asking for the "freedom" to have the back of your head photographed instead your face.

    Of course... when I talk about my rights as a gay man, I'm told to "cut the drama" or told "I just haven't heard enough good arguments for it."

    People really don't understand what "freedom" is.
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