Here's Why New Jersey Banned Smiling In Driver's Licenses

[xchrom]

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-jersey-bans-smiling-in-licenses-2012-9

Apparently it's only the huge smiles they're worried about, otherwise known as an "I just won the lottery" smile, according to the Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles.

It distorts your face so much so that their facial ID software has difficulty recognizing you for you.

Dana DiFilippo of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that the software was in place, along with the ban, since January, it's just that no one cared to really smile until now. And who can blame them, who's smiling in a DMV in New Jersey?

The insistent smiler was one Velvet S. McNeil, who walked out of the DMV in a huff when they told her she couldn't smile.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/new-jersey-bans-smiling-in-licenses-2012-9#ixzz27OHPWJGb

[NoPasaran]

1. When smiles are outlawed, only outlaws will smile!

[randome]

12. Ha!

[Javaman]

2. Check out yesterdays 9 chickweed lane about smiles...

http://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2012/09/23

[xchrom]

3. that was good. nt

[jsr]

4. You can't smile for passport photos anymore either

I think they changed the rules a few years ago.

[lonestarnot]

5. Military never allows smiling in photos from bootcamp.

[Mad_Dem_X]

6. No smiling on Delaware licenses, either.

[tech3149]

7. I had to go to the PA DMV to get a photo ID

It was a painless and quick process since my DL was revoked for medical reasons. The ID was issued within 10 minutes and the photo was taken at the window. Go figure! The camera was behind every window and could grab a picture or video every hour they were doing business. They could choose which image of me was acceptable and I'd have to say that it was more flattering than previous photo ID's.

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8. I guess that means no NJ drivers license for Bob.

[wtmusic]

9. A smile is just a frown turned upside-down

Facial recognition software is and always will be hopelessly flawed.

[HopeHoops]

10. Facial recognition software is useless. And driver's license photos are mug shots to begin with.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. To be fair, how often do you see people smiling at the DMV (nt)

[hunter]

13. Bring it on...

I'm almost looking forward to a future of radical facial makeup.



http://cvdazzle.com

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14. Unfortuantly....

we already have that, they're called Juggalos...