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- Frankyfan3, on 05/28/2009, -0/+78So... if you smile everywhere those CCTVs will have a harder time recognizing you?
- Lucas123, on 05/28/2009, -2/+76It's about time they did something about those smiles. Smiles have no place at a DMV office.
- SemiSarcastic, on 05/28/2009, -5/+76I work at the DMV and I don't want these ***** flaunting their happiness in front of me because they got a better job than I do. I provide a soul crushing service by wasting their time and I deserve to be respected for that.
- RAGEdemon, on 05/28/2009, -10/+60In the UK we have had that law for Driving Licences and Passports for decades.
The simple fact is that a person looks extremely different when smiling and it becomes that much more difficult to properly ID.
Let's face it: When someone needs to see your ID, the situation is usually so bad that smiling isn't something you want to do.
Its common sense. For ID, you need a photo of an expressionless face. - GodAImighty, on 05/28/2009, -4/+52McDonalds and the DMV will never get along.
- jmkiii, on 05/28/2009, -0/+48Grow a beard, that'll show 'em.
- reverland, on 05/28/2009, -5/+47It's a stupid rule and here's why, if you can fool technology simply by smiling then the technology isn't ready yet. If you can get past that technology simply by smiling then that's a failure on the part of the technology. Why not force someone to come up with a better system that doesn't have this major flaw? You can make it a law, and everyone can think it's not a bid deal, but at the end of the day the technology isn't up to par and we should not be relying on this technology.
- woofers07, on 05/28/2009, -3/+37Not the Onion? Really?
- cam0man, on 05/28/2009, -4/+30that's why I DO smile on my license. It's disarming to whoever sees it, and to prove that it's me on my license - I get to smile again.
Smiling goes a long way into the subconscious, identifying a person as a friend and not an enemy. I'd rather have someone look at my ID and say 'he looks like a stand up guy' than look at my photo which resembles a man with 10 bodies under his front - atomicj, on 05/28/2009, -7/+33Who the hell smiles on their DL anyway?
- Denominator88, on 05/28/2009, -0/+22You never go full retard...
- LtAction, on 05/28/2009, -1/+23Hahaha, I love The Onio- wait a second.
- nbcaffeine, on 05/28/2009, -1/+20mmmm baklava
- Defiant001, on 05/28/2009, -1/+20You little maggot! You will not laugh, you will not cry! You will learn by the numbers, I will teach you!..
- inactive, on 05/28/2009, -1/+19People don't look 'extremely different' when smiling. Thats ludicrous
- cyoder, on 05/28/2009, -0/+18Well, I smiled the two times I had to take a DL photo. But those were after passing driving tests in a couple different states, so I was just happy to be on my way out of the ***** DMV.
- BTConan, on 05/28/2009, -1/+17me! hi, how are you today? *waves*
- scaaven2, on 05/28/2009, -0/+14I guess criminals with new drivers licenses should walk around with a smile from now on, since it apparently breaks their recognition software.
- SevenTwo, on 05/28/2009, -1/+14Equilibrium in 5, 4, 3, 2
- SaladCactusKing, on 05/28/2009, -0/+12Aw, ***** whoever dugg this down. Humorless misers.
- TheAngryMob, on 05/28/2009, -0/+12Der vill be no smiling!
Danke. - JustinNoland, on 05/28/2009, -1/+12I know its like 16 minutes long, but this short film is actually highly relevant for this story, and also incredibly touching. Its called "Validation."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao - rizzo2008, on 05/28/2009, -3/+14And isn't Britain essentially a police state?
- RumpleForeskin3, on 05/28/2009, -2/+12I went full retard for my last ID. Cross eyed and everything. At least they will think I look normal when I'm really drunk!
- nnorton00, on 05/28/2009, -0/+10pshh...Already banned in North Carolina
- marmotjmarmot, on 05/28/2009, -0/+10It doesn't get any more public than a State owned building.
- cam0man, on 05/28/2009, -0/+9I like your style.
- inactive, on 05/28/2009, -0/+9rebel
- siszam, on 05/28/2009, -2/+10Oh no MacEnvy, they just watch everyone with cameras and disarm the public.
- cygnus2112, on 05/28/2009, -0/+8It's the same for most photo identification in Canada. Passports, Drivers Licenses, etc.
Who would be smiling at the DMV or when being pulled over anyway? - mparker21311, on 05/28/2009, -0/+7Family Guy on the subject:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/63896/family-guy-driver- ... - sodoh, on 05/28/2009, -0/+7"To prepare for the possibility of future security enhancements, we're asking customers to maintain a neutral expression."
Very easy to read between the lines. For passports in EU your not allowed smile. The reason is that face recognition software doesn't like it. - Zippo, on 05/28/2009, -0/+7Same goes for Passports, at least in Canada... when I had my passport photo taken, I was told not to smile.
- cygnus2112, on 05/28/2009, -0/+7Is that why they haven't caught OBL, Zarqawi or Mullah Omar yet?
- Togusa92, on 05/28/2009, -0/+7shouldn't be too much of a problem, who would be smiling after sitting in that hell for 2 hours
- santiago1, on 05/28/2009, -1/+8 How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
- minorthreat, on 05/28/2009, -0/+6"The driver's license photo, it seems, is destined to look like a mug shot."
When I got a DUI... I smiled like I just won a 100 bucks for my mugshot. - scitz0frenic, on 05/28/2009, -0/+6What about the people who are always smiling?
- BorsKaegel, on 05/28/2009, -0/+6Sorry Virginia! Hey, at least Alabama still lets me wear my red clown nose.
- reverland, on 05/28/2009, -0/+66
- nextekcarl, on 05/28/2009, -0/+5I've only had to show my license once for being pulled over. But I've had to show my license hundreds of times for all kinds of other things. There's a cheap theater my wife and I go to that requires ID because they server alcohol and you have to be 21 to get in, for example. I am usually smiling when I go in because I am hoping the movie is going to be good (it might be different when I come out of the theater, though. LOL) And that's just one place that requires photo ID where it isn't a bad situation.
- inactive, on 05/28/2009, -6/+11The imbeciles on the road that make driving such a nightmare.
- Pooty, on 05/28/2009, -1/+6Pissing on cop's graves? Classy..
- SourMilkTea, on 05/28/2009, -1/+6And cancel Christmas!
- jeffwmartin, on 05/28/2009, -0/+5Glad I'm not the only one who thinks of the wonderful dessert when I see that word.
- FlashBazbo, on 05/28/2009, -0/+5Patty? Selma?
- duncan202, on 05/28/2009, -0/+5How about my fake mustache? Is that still ok?
- Namakemono, on 05/28/2009, -2/+6Reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao - Narcism, on 05/28/2009, -0/+4Where the hell are you from anyway?
- reverland, on 05/28/2009, -0/+4They have tried to implement the technology in a few places here. In Tampa Florida they tried it, spent tons of money, but they had the issue of false positives and ended up mothballing the whole thing. 10 years is a bit long, but if they continue the sub par projects that's easy to see it taking that long for someone to develop a better system.
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