This is a little bit of a tangent...<p>Why, in the US, are IDs immediately ignored when they expire? You often read about people being unable to vote, buy alcohol, or travel because their driving licence expired last week.<p>But realistically the whole point of ID checking is to determine if someone is who they say they are. If they have a picture ID, expired or not, which clearly proves that then why not accept it regardless of expiry?<p>The only reason these IDs expire at all is to force you to update the photo and other personal info.<p>PS - I understand why with international travel and passports. Since then you're subject to the foreign entities' rules/stupidity (and airlines can be fined for letting someone travel without a valid passport). I'm mostly asking about inter-US travel.