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Kenny? wrote on 2012-09-20 23:44
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.
http://news.yahoo.com/jersey-bans-smiling-drivers-license-photos-200155700--abc-news-topstories.html
It's okay, I was going to duck-face in mine anyways
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Drizzit wrote on 2012-09-21 05:20
Great, don't smile for the camera so Big Brother can scan your face. Seems legit.
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Kazuni wrote on 2012-09-21 05:22
You guys were allowed to smile? We were never allowed to smile. o_o
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Cannibal wrote on 2012-09-21 11:42
They actually tell everyone here in Ohio to smile... huh.
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Yoorah wrote on 2012-09-21 14:16
That's weird. LOL D: I guess they don't know any better.
We're not allowed to smile in any government photo ID here.
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Murasaki wrote on 2012-09-21 18:10
People smile at the DMV?
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Claudia wrote on 2012-09-21 21:33
+1 for the "uh, you could smile in yours?" pile.
Actually, shit, i'm smiling on mine.
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Shanghai wrote on 2012-09-21 23:00
It just looks like a mugshot when you don't smile.
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Kazuni wrote on 2012-09-21 23:12
Passports, citizenship cards, licenses
I just always assumed that you could never smile in anything "official". o_o
Like, in the states especially I thought that was the case. Like whaat..
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Himeko wrote on 2012-09-22 21:58
Odd, I'm smiling in my ID and they had no issue at all.
Only issue presented was when I tilted my head slightly at first, but that's it.
@_@
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Hitaki wrote on 2012-09-22 22:08
Fuck them. If I can't smile then I'll just make myself look as smug as possible in my ID [S]That is, if I actually pass the test I'm taking in January.[/S]
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Groom wrote on 2012-09-23 08:30
You have to keep a blank face on UK Passports and I think driving licenses too, so this doesn't seem so big a deal to me. Then again, I don't see the harm in smiling either.
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-09-24 15:00
Sounds to me like the government needs to invest in better facial recognition software that allows for a bit more flexibility you know >.> Cut some excessive military spending, shuffle a little more into some facial recognition software and voila, problem solved.
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Aubog007 wrote on 2012-09-24 17:24
Quote from Kingofrunes;955056:
Sounds to me like the government needs to invest in better facial recognition software that allows for a bit more flexibility you know >.> Cut some excessive military spending, shuffle a little more into some facial recognition software and voila, problem solved.
Government workers don't really care anymore, ever since Reagan completely destroyed the power of Unions, all government workers (laborers/clerical people) lost a lot of morale. Hell other places lost a lot of morale.
They have no motivation to actually care anymore. Just a slave to the government.
A lot of people think the government is intentionally corrupt, truth of the matter is a lesson i learned very well working in government areas.
Management has the right to mismanage, intentionally or not. And a lot of it is just plain stupidity.