New Jersey Bans Smiling in Driver's License Photos (not really but..)

[Kotin]

Because they interfere with facial recognition software.....




Going to the department of motor vehicles can put a frown on anyone's face, but for New Jersey residents, smiling is officially against the rules.


The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has cracked down on drivers smiling in their driver's license photos because their smiles could interfere with new facial recognition software.
New Jersey resident Velvet McNeil told the Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday that when she went to get her license at her local New Jersey motor vehicle center, she was told she could not smile for her photo. Shocked, McNeil said she walked out of the center.


"Your picture means a lot," she told the newspaper. "It's who you are."


Elyse Coffey, a spokeswoman for the Motor Vehicle Commission, said that there was no law banning smiles, only a simple request that drivers not smile "as if you've just won $5 million in the lottery."
"The digital photos allow us to conduct a facial recognition scrub, which allows us to check the photos of our 19 million faces to make sure each driver has only one driving record and you are who you say you are," Coffey said. "We're asking customers not to make exaggerated facial expressions."
Coffey said that residents are also asked to remove glasses and head wear, unless it is for religious reasons, as well as to keep their eyes open in order for the database to operate properly.
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Hey AntiFederalist, better start smiling big when you go out

 

[dannno]

Elyse Coffey, a spokeswoman for the Motor Vehicle Commission, said that there was no law banning smiles, only a simple request that drivers not smile "as if you've just won $5 million in the lottery."

What about $150 at a roulette table smile?

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

New Jersey resident Velvet McNeil told the Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday that when she went to get her license at her local New Jersey motor vehicle center, she was told she could not smile for her photo. Shocked, McNeil said she walked out of the center.
"Your picture means a lot," she told the newspaper. "It's who you are."

Nope. You're a mathematical equation to be tracked around the world, harvested for production.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Nope. You're a mathematical equation to be tracked around the world, harvested for production.

That's it, just another head of cattle in the herd, to be folded, spindled, mutilated, used up and thrown away.

Fuck that...

 

[Anti Federalist]

"The digital photos allow us to conduct a facial recognition scrub, which allows us to check the photos of our 19 million faces to make sure each driver has only one driving record and you are who you say you are," Coffey said. "We're asking customers not to make exaggerated facial expressions."

Customers????

Customers???!!!

Last time I checked, I, as a customer, could refuse to buy your shitty product.

Customers...fuckkkkk.

Now, here's where all the databases start to link together, DMV, CC, bank accounts, health records, FraudBook...they'll all be tied in.

And once that happens, then you'll start to see personal restrictions on what you can purchase, where you can travel, what time your curfew will be, how much "free speech" you'll be allowed to have and so on.

Ah, the Brave New World, all globally consuming your way to well regulated and world government defined happiness.

Joy.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Are they suggesting that facial recognition software might be confused by happy Americans?

Why are you smiling? You live in Amerika! You should be crying! By the way, where's your family pet?

EDIT: Not to mention that there are people you probably wouldn't recognize if they weren't smiling.

Like, Bob

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

Yeah, this is true. Ain't it the same for a passport too?

 

[Ben Bernanke]

Same in VA...I plan on growing a huge beard right before I have to renew

 

[DavidK]

Same in VA...I plan on growing a huge beard right before I have to renew

That's actually a pretty smart idea, hahaha -- I never thought I'd say that about a FED Chairman. =P

 

[kathy88]

I wonder if snookie is exempt?

 

[donnay]

Same in VA...I plan on growing a huge beard right before I have to renew

Soon facial hair will be banned to.

This is why they are not pushing for the REAL I.D. anymore since you are required to have a drivers license to drive.

 

[mad cow]

Same in VA...I plan on growing a huge beard right before I have to renew

Last time I renewed (2011) in VA I didn't even need a picture,they used the 5 year old one they already had.
And the new license is good for 8 years now.
I already had the huge beard.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Hey AntiFederalist, better start smiling big when you go out