Quote Originally Posted by MattU View Post
You're right about driving license requirements being pretty slack. What's the point of even having them? It's nothing more than another tax, and it has not helped a thing.
The purpose of a driver's license goes beyond a pre-emptive verification of safe driving ability.

First and foremost it is legal, state-issued photo identification. I could write a college level thesis for a politics class on the value of legal, tamper-resistant government issued photo identification.

Second of all, despite being a "license", the theory behind the driver's licensing is still NOT pre-emptive verification of safe driving ability, but an ability of the government to revoke driving privileges after infringement of safe driving. This is why it is so easy to get your license, but so hard to get it back after you lose it.