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fhockey4life t1_j4duam2 wrote

I said the same thing when I got my new one, it looks absolutely fake.

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ctannr t1_j4e0sr5 wrote

NJ and NYC had the two most fakeable licenses until a little after 9/11.

I went to college in New England so there and whenever I travelled to a different state EVERYONE always triple checked it and quizzes me about my data until like 2010 LOL

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skinnylemur t1_j4efhb5 wrote

I went to a bar in Manchester, NH in 2002. The bouncer asked me what dmv I got my license at, because NJ licenses were usually fake up there.

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New_Stats t1_j4cjnqx wrote

You should've seen it before 9/11. So fucking easy to fake.

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MotorboatingSofaB t1_j4dg6hh wrote

Laminated pieces of paper

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New_Stats t1_j4dhpoo wrote

Laminated pieces of white poster board with a tiny picture of your face. You could fake it with poster board from the supermarket, pictures you got developed, a type writer, and a laminating machine.

....I assume

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storm2k t1_j4h7fqc wrote

not even worth that much effort. kid i went to high school with just showed up at the somerville dmv office with his brother's birth certificate and got a real nj license with his brother's name and birth date and his picture.

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tullo t1_j4devl0 wrote

My parents somehow didn’t even have a pic on their licenses, before 9/11.

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metsurf t1_j4lphg8 wrote

my first license was on something like brown-red safety paper, print from a daisy wheel printer, no photo, no lamination. Kind of like a wallet size auto title. Well into the 80s like this if I recall correctly.

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Psirocking t1_j4dn7oi wrote

Most other states have outsourced it. You go to the DMV and they give you a paper temporary ID and then a week later you get the real thing and it’s a super advanced ID with cool security features.

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LetMeBe_Frank t1_j4eg4e0 wrote

I got the paper "THIS IS A REAL DOCUMENT FOR NOW" when I got my motorcycle endorsement in 2021. The real one came 3 weeks later in the mail. Same deal later in 2021 when I did a renewal+real ID upgrade.

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Mikey_Meatballs t1_j4elnhh wrote

Anyone have a generic image of what they look like? Can't find it on Google.

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pleiop t1_j4et85t wrote

It looks the same as the old ones just thinner and cheaper looking. It looks like someone made a fake driver license trying to imitate the old one.

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BigMacs-BigDabs OP t1_j4lpd4z wrote

A few weeks ago, one of my sister's friends was showing me their fake ID... I said, "no way this gets you in anywhere." This week, my new one comes in the mail and I'm convinced that the fake one was of higher quality than my official one.

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Dfndr612 t1_j4h4xcs wrote

Could someone explain to me what a “Real ID” drivers license means?

I recently got one and the only difference I noticed from my previous/regular NJ drivers license is a gold star.

I understand that after the (latest) time extension only a Real ID would be acceptable for a domestic flight.

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storm2k t1_j4h7vg6 wrote

it means one that meets the criteria of the real id law. it's has extra scrutiny so you are who you say you are, are legally here, etc. law went into effect in 2005, naturally the feds did not give the states a red cent to implement it, and they've had to extend the compliance date for over a decade at this point.

it's supposed to end up that you can't use your license as the id you need to show upon entering a federal building or getting thru tsa security at the airport. if you have a passport/passport card, those will always be acceptable id

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