This part is already happening. Well, some of it anyway.Venus Pax wrote:This is a great thread.
4. Simplify the renewal process. Do people really need to get fingerprinted again? Do fingerprints change? As for the picture, I haven't taken a new driver's license picture since I was 22. And I can assure you that the new picture would look quite different.
Personally, I think that walking into a DPS office and renewing every five or ten years and paying a small fee (someone mentioned $25) would be acceptable.
Renewal changes came up here:
http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33502" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And the "online application" stuff was discussed here:
http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33430" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I never saw the point of repeated fingerprintings either, and after reading this month's Texas Monthly article on Forensic Science, I wonder if they really even help, or hurt.