Thread: Visitor Visa Drivers License

here's an idea... and it's one i think we might need.

If an alien visitor applies for a tourist visa that last more than one week, they should have the ability to apply for a tourist visa DL. Now that means they would have to pay and take a quick road course and cover basic USA street laws in a course that would take say.... 3 hrs or so and cost umm $250

The visitor DL would have a start date from the date of the successful road course and test and an end date of the date their visa expires.

Aliens will also have to get 'alien insurance' which would basically be inflated risk liability insurance to protect us citizens. EVEN IF THEY ARE RENTING A CAR

pros:
- legal visitors could drive and not take cabs.
- any police officer would know if the persons visa was expired
- DL could be linked to a national db that officers could quickly check for validation from their car.
- American citizens would be monetarily protected by the short term insurance

problems:
- if DMV's imposed this it would cause hassle, tons of foreign translations of signs (since english is not official) and most like a lot of fake id cards.
- USCIS is too backed up to do this program
- States could not lawfully implement such a program because the Fed gives out tourist visa's.
- Many cities would forbid police officers from checking the cards validity
- in many countries it is not illeagl or not enforced to not drink and drive, changing a lifetime of driving habits would be hard so the test would have to be tougher than what American drivers go through.


well let's hear the thoughts, opinions. approve or disapprove?

Do like European countries do... Take an international drivers test in the home country prior to the travel ... that takes the cost off of US citizens... the same with insurance... it has to be provided at the rental agency

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

Do like European countries do... Take an international drivers test in the home country prior to the travel ... that takes the cost off of US citizens... the same with insurance... it has to be provided at the rental agency

do you honestly want mexican or other latin american agencies administering a driving test?

my idea is to make the tourist pay for it... including the insurance. the goal here is to give some tourist that are willing to pay and to learn the ability, but those who do not want to and just want to demand stuff get nothing.

this is both immigrant friendly, ice friend and road safety friendly --- without pandering to a specific race or ethnicity.


p.s. can someone move to gen discussion... my bad.

What I dont want is an Illegal Immigrant or a visitor getting a US drivers license at all ... and I mean at all