dream snippet

Background to my dream, the main plot of which I have forgotten: we live in the near future, and all driver's licenses have little chips in them which can be scanned to determine whether your license has been suspended or revoked. Maybe half of all cars on the road have sensors to scan and verify that the driver has a valid license before starting up. Most new cars have it built in.

The chips were introduced to make it safer and easier for the police to scan your license and pull up your information without making you reach into your pockets; there is a big controversy about the car thing, but the chip-sensor cars seem bound to make it in the end.

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I remember when driver's licenses in Maine did not have photos on them. I don't think I'm making that up, but I'm not 100% sure. Time plays funny tricks.