From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 23-Jun-14 19:22, John Levine wrote:   
      
   >>>>Nonetheless, for reasons I don't understand EDLs are a bust.   
      
   >>>They're expensive, for one thing; states have to determine whether   
   >>>the applicant is a US citizen, and the documentation requirements   
   >>>are much tougher than for regular licenses. ...   
      
   >>Sure, but the comparison isn't to plain licenses, it's to passport   
   >>cards.   
      
   >The point above is why EDLs are a bust.  The main reason for that is   
   >that most states don't want to issue them at all due to the cost, and   
   >few customers want to pay the higher prices even where available.   
      
   That they exist at all is a compromise. It was more of an attempt by some   
   in Congress to force adult Americans to carry universal identification with   
   them at all times, and to turn the driver's license into such a document.   
   They would have attempted to make it mandatory.   
      
   >>ObRail: there is a NEXUS enrollment center in Niagara Falls at 2250   
   >>Whirlpool St, approximately underneath the railroad bridge that   
   >>passenger trains use on the NY-Toronto route.  The lower level of   
   >>that bridge is a NEXUS-only passenger car crossing.   
      
   >Wow; you rarely see the US govt doing something so sensible.   
      
   Isn't it on the Canadian side?   
      
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