Mine has a barcode now..part of the upgrades for compliance I'm guessing. The only time I have actually seen someone scan it was at the liquor store with an app on their phone (they had to do that for a while as they got caught selling to underage as they didn't ask for ID). My assumption is my barcode contains at least some of my personal information such as date of birth and that it's valid or not.Most should have a magnetic strip on the back. I've had to present my driver license when buying a decongestant. No pharmacy seems to accept anything other than a permanent driver license or state ID.
The barcode is just a number. I guess the number is designed to contain the license number and maybe the state. Or does yours have a 2D "matrix code" like this?
http://mantascode.com/us-drivers-license-barcode-attributes-by-state/
My California DL has a barcode at top above the strip, and I checked to see that my license number is buried somewhere in the encoding. The matrix code on mine has my name and a bunch of information I can't figure out. I can check this with a smartphone app that reads assorted codes.
I don't think anything is really needed other than the state and license number to run a record. Once I rented at a remote kiosk where I was talking to someone at a central location through a video setup. I was asked to hold my driver license up to the camera so the agent could check it. It's not really all that complicated, but I'm thinking any business that does this probably gets charged a fee each time they do it. Running the occasional record check would make sense, although I'm not sure how they determine to do it or not.
Most should have a magnetic strip on the back. I've had to present my driver license when buying a decongestant. No pharmacy seems to accept anything other than a permanent driver license or state ID.
The barcode is just a number. I guess the number is designed to contain the license number and maybe the state. Or does yours have a 2D "matrix code" like this?
http://mantascode.com/us-drivers-license-barcode-attributes-by-state/
My California DL has a barcode at top above the strip, and I checked to see that my license number is buried somewhere in the encoding. The matrix code on mine has my name and a bunch of information I can't figure out. I can check this with a smartphone app that reads assorted codes.
I don't think anything is really needed other than the state and license number to run a record. Once I rented at a remote kiosk where I was talking to someone at a central location through a video setup. I was asked to hold my driver license up to the camera so the agent could check it. It's not really all that complicated, but I'm thinking any business that does this probably gets charged a fee each time they do it. Running the occasional record check would make sense, although I'm not sure how they determine to do it or not.
But is that a state database or a federal one? Presumably you'd have to be connected to the correct server to get any details off that.
What on earth are you meaning by that?
It doesn't say how long that check takes though. For rental companies to use it, it would have to happen within minutes.
I know the moral side of this is not good, and I agree with everyone's thoughts.
However, I can tell you for 100% certain that they DO NOT run any check on a persons' drivers license. You are required to present a drivers license to the rental counter and the rental agent must look at it to ensure it's current, looks real, etc...but they don't actually do any kind of driving record check. So if the state she is in doesn't require her to surrender her license (or she ignores the order to do so), then she could easily get a rental car.
If she gets into an accident, she'd certainly get a citation from the police and perhaps her suspension would be made longer. The rental agency could deny liability coverage to her, so it would then fall back to her (or her mothers' if she lives at home) personal insurance carrier to pay the claim. Beyond that, sad to say, not much consequences would come from it. I see people with suspended licenses having accidents more times than I can count.
Truth be told though rental agencies that automatically cover spouses, or business clients, etc without needing to actually list as an additional driver...they would not take their license nor do they ask for it (at least I've never been asked for it unless I'm the one who is going to be on the rental agreement) so I guess technically in your daughter's case (unless she works for a company that doesn't automatically cover the usual people that are) they only run it off of the person whose name is on the rental agreement, not necessarily all the persons who may drive the vehicle as allowed by state law or by company policy.
