Has anyone heard about this? Or, am I the only who hasn't?

ADDED SECURITY COMING TO N.C. DRIVER LICENSE

Future license will feature 3-D photos, tamper-resistant cards

RALEIGH — North Carolina driver licenses will undergo changes by 2012 which will allow the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles to produce more secure and tamper-resistant licenses and identification cards.

The licenses and ID cards will carry a black-and-white photograph taken by a camera with multiple lenses. The resulting photo will be laser engraved into the card, providing a clearly identifiable image. The cards also will be made of a more durable polycarbonate material than is currently used. Multiple layers will be fused together and cannot be removed without leaving evidence of tampering. The new cards will meet state and federal mandates, as well as national security requirements.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $47.5 million contract to MorphoTrak-Safran Group over the next seven years. The contract may be extended for two additional one-year periods.

NCDMV will pay $2.12 per card for the new cards.· During the past two years, DMV has issued approximately 2.4 million driver licenses and ID cards per year. The cost per card will increase by $0.27 and, at current volumes, will be covered by NCDMV’s existing budget.

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Editorial Comment:

Remember George Orwell's "1984", or the religious term, "Mark of the Beast"?

If you can't accept the reality of this, Google "biometrics drivers license NC", and especially "biometric national id". You might be appalled.

Also, please refer to the following: http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/realid.asp and an article from the Gaspee Gazette, dated April 19, 2011: http://gaspeegazette.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/ncdot-press-release-2010-50-million-dollar-contract-to-morphotrak-to-add-biometrics-to-nc-driver-licence/