Alphecca

Menino just wants to suck up to Bloomberg. Jack.

Okay, these thugs aren't afraid to break the law by committing crimes (murder, rape, robbery, mayhem) and illegally possessing guns, but if their driver's license is revoked, do the politicos really think that these hoods will actually stop driving? I am sure they are real scared of what might happen to them if they get picked up for driving with a suspended license. What is the penalty for driving without a license? It is certainly not as severe as the penalty for committing a crime with a gun. Idiots all.

He may be basing his supposition on his experience in terms of things like DUI. People with DUis with suspended licenses may well tend to not drive.

He should look carefully at states with large illegal immigrant populations, and their experience with restricitions on DLs and mandatory insurance. It may seem ridiculous to hand out DLs to illegal immigrants, but history has shown that not allowing them to have DLs removes their ablility and incentive to carry insurance. But, more to the point, those states wound up with as much as 10% of the population driving without a license.

Of course it won't stop them...BUT you might be overlooking the national ID that takes effect in 2008.

You won't be able to buy, sell, open a bank account, pretty much do ANYTHING without one.

Really, I'm not sure it'll be that draconian, but it does raise some questions, especially coming from these anti-freedom type folks. Like just what do they have planned for us.

Watching COPS on TV most of the people pulled over have a suspended or no driver's license at all, including those with prior DUI convictions.
A driver's License is little more than a DMV tax and revenue generator and reflects little on actual drivers, except when Democrats (California) want to use it as a device to enable inelligible illegal aliens to vote, and feel comfortable doing so.