Another Dateline episode in the making.

What are all those representatives and state senators from all over the state doing? Seems like those are all "seat[s] at the table".

Keeping in mind that is only legally requirements. Employers can do whatever they want so long as the meet the legal minimum. So with competition high for workers in minimum wage type jobs, employers may still be incentivised to offer overtime pay for certain days to get people to work even though they are not legally required to do so. Same reason many places already pay at least $15 before this law went into effect.

>There are dozens of us!

That made me laugh. Thanks!

I think he is, in a very round about way, trying to say that if the concern is other drunk drivers, then he drives himself home or the parents driving him home, the danger is mostly equal. Neither driver is going to be able to do anything about a drunk driver blowing through the red at an intersection and t-boning your car.

As others mentioned though, he may not be legally able to drive after 12:30am and his work should not be scheduling a minor to work a second past midnight. That is an irresponsible work place.

Seem like you automatic take on this is the person taking the photo did it with malicious intent. Perhaps it was for the very opposite intent. Note that the poster didn't make a comment on it but simply posted something they found and found interesting. That you immediately take it to be a negative thing says more about you than the photographer.

And you answered, 'no, I don't watch the news, why would I do that? I like being ignorant of what goes on around me.'

Traffic has been super light this week due to lots of people taking time off from work between Xmas and New Years, especially those who have to use up time off or lose it. My commute has been a dream this week, so today in Natick is likely to be pretty easy.

They don't even have a Reading Railroad there, so disappointing.

And in this case it is.

>They do them in rural areas to catch undocumented workers. I’ve driven through a few with my friend there who is a lawyer.

No they don't. Local cops don't care about undocumented workers because being in the country undocumented is not a criminal offense, it is a civil offense, so just ike when you have a dispute with your neighbor and the police have no interest in your civil affairs dispute, they have no interest in undocumented workers if they are not actually committing a criminal act.

For the dick wagging?

Refusing a breathalyzer is not a crime despite there being a penalty for refusing. Different things.

>I've had 3 in my life, and had to do both every time. They are pretty much one in the same.

Except they are not. A FST is optional and there is zero penalty to refusing one. This is different than a breathalyzer test which you can also refuse but there is also a penalty associated with it. That is how they are different.

I agree, not getting the Real ID if you are already going in to get your license seems silly assuming you are eligible for a Real ID, but there is nothing that says you must have one in general.

I don't have a Real ID simply for the the fact that the last time or two I renewed it I was able to do it online and I have a passport. So until I am due to retake my license photo and have to go in I will stick with the standard MA driver's license.

Yes you keep repeating the same argument that has nothing to do with this particular stub of the discussion. That being, if you don't have a Federal Government compliant ID as you are legally entitled to not have, can you be made to serve jury duty since you can not enter the building?

But there is no law that required US citizens to have a passport or a driver's license or any other government issued ID card/document, so how can they make you serve on a jury if you do not meet the requirements to get into the building which you are legally entitled?

The ID requirement is for Fed building that already ask for ID to enter. Post offices have never asked for ID as a requirement for entry so it should be obvious that this will not be a requirement entry there.

or you can still use your passport or passport card.

You can do it online so long as it hasn't been so long that you need to update your photo...

"If you already have your REAL ID and are up for renewal (check for the yellow star in the upper right hand corner of your license or ID), you are already eligible to do so online at Mass.Gov/RMV."

Source

Except a Real ID is easier to carry than a passport, especially if you frequently need to enter Federal Government buildings that require ID to get in.

I don't know for sure but I would guess it is the same as a normal ID or driver's license where if nothing has changes (your name, etc.) then they have already verified your "legal presence" and they just want you to update your photo to show how old we are all getting every ten years.

For air travel yes a TSA compliant ID is required, but you were responding to someone about Jury duty and they correctly stating "lacked an ID that they are not legally required to obtain" which you then claimed it is a law that everyone has to have a Real ID. This particular stub of this thread had nothing to do with air travel. So either you were confused about what was being discussed or you are confused thinking a Real ID is the law regardless of if you travel by air.

And as far as air travel is concerned, there are other forms of ID you can use besides a Real ID driver's license, so there is not a requirement you have a R.I. License specifically, just that you can produce one of the TSA compliant IDs of which a R.I. License is only one of.

>there is a new law the real ID's will be required to board planes

To clarify, the law says you need a Real ID or other form of TSA-acceptable identification such as a passport, passport card, US DoD ID card, veterans health ID card (VHIC), and a slew of other compliant IDs.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification

>According to the feds you ARE legally obligated to get a Real ID tho, and have been for like 6 years.

Source? Because pretty sure this is false. If you are not traveling by air and are not crossing a border, there is no legal reason you must have any type of ID (assuming you are not driving either) let alone a "Real ID".