Re:Actually sounds more like drivers licnese than (Score 1)

"Except DLs are state and not national." That is where the problem comes from. It's the same here in Canada, drivers licenses are provinvial. The problem is that when you move to a different province and get a new DL, it isn't linked to the old one. No big deal most of the time, but I moved to a different province for the summer and had to change my license so they could do a criminal records check. They use your drivers license to do this, and it has to be a license with your local address on it. So I get the new license and go get the CRC done. But since they use the DL, and it wasn't linked to the old one, the CRC is completely useless. I don't have anything to hide, but if I was? With a national ID system, it would be impossible for these situations to occur.