In California, we renew them by mail (as long as we have a clean record). I
just renewed mine.
As the ID photo is on record in digital form, the new license bears the same
picture as the old one, with no need for a retake of the photo.
Of course, California is a bit ahead of the curve in things like that --
driver licenses, voting equipment, etc. <g>
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Paul Trusten
> Sent: November 30, 2000 11:52
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Cc: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9459] Re: SC Driver's License
>
>
> I wish I could have been a fly on a palmetto leaf when you said that,
> Jim!
>
> Would have been interesting to see, after their double-take, their
> response to the following: "Well, The 1988 amendment to the Metric
> Conversion Act of 1975 states that the metric system is the preferred
> system of measurement for trade in the United States. I just assumed it
> was also true for law enforcement as well."
>
> I don't have a chance to try that until 2007---Texas driver's licenses
> are valid for SEVEN YEARS!
>
>
> ("My federal legislature is the Congress of the United States, and the
> Congress says..." Nyuk,nyuk, nyuk.")
>
>
>
> "James R. Frysinger" wrote:
> >
> > I recently renewed my SC Driver's License. When asked for my height I
> > replied, "One point eight three meters". Do you all recall the E.F.
> > Hutton ads? The place became immediately silent, the clerk stopped
> > chewing her gum, stared at me, and dropped her jaw so far that the gum
> > almost fell out. We ascertained that she needed that in feet and she
> > obviously couldn't convert, so I told her I was 6 ft tall, which she
> > recorded. When asked about my weight, I said, "I suppose you want that
> > in pounds?" She agreed, with a look on her face that indicated she
> > didn't want to ask what the alternative was.
> >
> > Since a driver's license is essential for me, I had to provide that data
> > in feet in pounds. Alas!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > --
> > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!"
> > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/
> > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
>
> --
> Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122
> Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> "No one from the Audubon Society has yet documented the
> finding of a modified barium swallow."
> --Byrd Ona Wyng, Forensic Ornithologist
>
> "Free Billy Rubin!" ---Medical Technologists' protest cry
>
>
