A serious emergency isn't going to be helped by someone with very little driving experience. I don't follow your reasoning. If it was a serious emergency who would care if you had a license?
replyA police officer would. The penalty for an accident might be negligent driving.
replyThe penalty for an accident without a license is, at minimum, driving without a license. You're also not likely to be covered by insurance without one either, even if you're not at fault.
People think about things differently. It may be that for OP, "but I don't have a license" would cause a second thought and waste time in an emergency. They may be self aware enough to head that off.
replyYou also need a drivers license that doubles up as a real id if you want to travel by air. So the issuance of a DL isn't just for driving.
replyI'm not sure if they give regular state id's as real id.
This is one of the strangest internet myths. Every single state in America will issue a photo ID which is fully equivalent to a drivers license for every purpose other than permitting you to drive.
replyAlso, you don't need "Real ID" to fly no matter what they say. You don't even need a photo ID at all (although they'll force you to waste time if you don't have one. I found this out when I lost mine but still had to travel.)
Here in New Zealand you don’t need any ID to fly (nationally), so even the claim that ID is required is shaky.
replyAt least in CA, the DMV does issue Real ID state IDs. I have one.
replyAt least in Oregon they definitely do offer non-driver real ID cards. I’d guess that’s likely true everywhere.
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