What should I do without a driver's license?

Some time ago, in the blog post "There is no hukou and a unified national identity card system in the United States", we said that the driver's license is an important identity card for Americans, which has aroused many readers' doubts. Some readers asked: "Americans use their driver's licenses as ID cards. What if they don't have a driver's license? " "Then there is no ID card without a car?" Some readers also asked, "How do you manage young people who don't have driver's license qualifications?" "How to manage adults without a driver's license?" "Do people who don't have a driver's license have special ID cards?" Some readers asked: "Is the driver's license issued by the state government valid nationwide?" "What is the relationship between social security number and driver's license?" "Do you have a temporary residence permit?" Readers' attention to driver's license and related issues is a bit unexpected for bloggers, so I want to say more. First of all, it needs to be reiterated that driver's license is really very important and widely used in the United States. Although driver's licenses are issued by States with different standards and versions, there are 50 States and a capital special zone in the United States, and each state issues its own driver's license. But the driver's license issued by any state is universal in identification. Therefore, foreign immigrants to the United States should try to apply for a driver's license, and it is convenient to go anywhere after getting it. In the past, from the United States to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda and other neighboring countries and regions, as long as they had a driver's license, they were free to enter and leave, even without a passport. However, after the 9 1 1 incident, border inspection was strengthened for the need of counter-terrorism, and passports or passport cards were only needed in recent years. So, what about people without a driver's license? For example, children under the age of driving, adults who are unwilling to get a driver's license or whose driver's license has been revoked, and foreigners who are temporarily unable to apply for a driver's license. According to national regulations, people without a driver's license can apply for personal identity cards, which are also divided into adults and non-adults. In Virginia, for example, people above 15 can apply for an adult ID card at the motor vehicle management department as long as they don't have a driver's license and a student's license. /kloc-For children under 0/5 years of age, their parents will handle minor ID cards on their behalf. The contents of the ID card include: name, address, signature, facial photo, ID number, date of birth, height, gender, date of issue and expiration, organ donation information, etc. The ID card also specifically states that this card is not used for driving. Many readers don't know much about American social security cards (or social security cards), thinking that social security cards are identity cards. In fact, the functions of social security card and driver's license are very different. The social security card only has the name and social security number, and has no personal characteristics such as photo, gender, height, and no address, so the social security card cannot be used as an ID card. The social security department responsible for issuing social security cards specially reminds people not to carry social security cards with them. Once stolen or lost, they are easily used by criminals for other purposes. The social security number on the social security card is the most important personal information. Every citizen and green card holder will only have this number in his life, which means that this number will accompany his life. This number plays a great role, including applying for a job, opening a bank account, paying taxes, applying for a mortgage, establishing credit, receiving social security benefits and obtaining other government services. It all depends on this number. Once stolen, it will often be used by others to apply for a credit card, so the person who knows this number. In the past, when applying for a driver's license, the driver's license included the social security number, and some States even used the social security number as the driver's license number. But later, for the sake of safety, many States canceled the practice of using social security number as driver's license number, and even did not show social security number on driver's license at all. Social security cards are issued by the federal government, while driver's licenses are issued by the states. So some people say that the social security card is a national card, but it can't prove its identity. Although the driver's license can prove identity, it is not issued uniformly throughout the country. This different division of labor between central and local governments is the characteristic of federalism. The original social security card issued by the social security card sample stated that it could not be used for identification.