New Jersey Bans Smiling in Driver’s License Photos

ABC News ^ | Sep 20, 2012 4:01pm | Colleen Curry

[rawhide]

If you are a moslem woman, how can they tell if you are smiling?

[ravenwolf]

I don,t blame her for walking out, but come to think of it what is there to smile about when you have to pose for one of your pigs.

[Jyotishi]

No smile in passport photo either:

Passport Photo Requirements

...
With a neutral facial expression and both eyes open
...

http://travel.state.gov/passport/pptphotoreq/pptphotoreq_5333.html

[republicangel]

Can’t smile in Virginia either and haven’t been able to since they put in the new driver’s licenses after 9/11. What happen? A reporter go and get a new driver’s license finally?

[Uncle Chip]

I guess it has to be mugshot quality.

[Fester Chugabrew]

How about mooning? ;-)

Vertical smiles tend to be eschewed by the process.

[rabidralph]

I must have missed that line in the requirements. I’m grinning from ear to ear in my passport photo.

[Fester Chugabrew]

If your face is a butt I reckon they’ll be forced to deal with it.

[Ray'sBeth]

When we lived in Colombia we were not supposed to have a smile for the official ID. The photographer got really mad when we kept smiling, and in the end our pictures were the worst I’ve ever seen. We were happy to be back here where we could smile. I tremble for our future.

[Jyotishi]

Goes to show that smilers are winners!

[G Larry]

I’ve been to Jersey..

and that prohibition is simply unnecessary....

[Salamander]

Mine always look like felony mugshots anyway.

The worst was the year I stopped cutting my bangs short and had a widow’s peak so obvious I put Dracula to shame.

[Rome2000]

When the Republic collapses and is reset, the Northeast states need not apply.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

What does anyone stuck in New Jersey have to smile about anyway?

[a fool in paradise]

It’s frickin’ Joisy. G’wan gitouttahere!

[a fool in paradise]

Facial recognition software that is not robust enough to handle smiling?

Just smile everywhere you go and Big Brother will never know who you are!

[antceecee]

Cute!

[a fool in paradise]

Facial recognition software can readily pick out those who would seek drivers licenses in several locations... These ID’s are used to vote and used for various nefarious activities.

These IDs are regularly sold within the DPS offices by corrupt employees. The fox is in the henhouse. Don't tell me not to smile because state employees are crooks and can't be trusted.

[a fool in paradise]

Acceptable in Noo Joyzee!

This one's no good? They need the facial recognishun softwear I use...

Be alert, the world needs more lerts.

[Travis McGee]

Stuff napkins in your cheeks before the photo op. The DMV folks don’t know you.