History of the non-Driver’s ID card
The Savvy Senior
By Robert Goodman, MSW
Personal Issues can result in enactment of state law. I have a visual impairment and cannot drive. At age eighteen, I could not cash a check since I did not have a driver’s license to use as proof of identity, nor did I have a credit card.
I was a student at Florida State University in Tallahassee, our state capital. I spoke to Representative John Savage and Senator Bruce Smathers about this problem. Their staffs researched how other states resolved this issue. As a result, Florida created the non-driver’s identification card (SB 1086) based on a Maryland law. The law was beneficial for people with disabilities as well as for non-drivers of all ages.
I attended a lecture by an employee of the Division of Motor Vehicles who said that the non-drivers ID card saved lives by offering an alternative to driver’s license ID, because it provided people who should give up driving an alternative means of identification.
In today’s world, it allows entry onto airplanes and trains with the Real ID.
To make an appointment (no walk ins) to apply for or renew an ID card in Delray Beach call 561-355-2264. The address is 501 South Congress Avenue.