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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Don Kirkman   
    wrote:   
      
   > >> (Convicted sex offenders have to renew annually; I read that when I was   
   > >> reading about the renewal periods.)   
   > >   
   > >is there a correlation between sex offenders and bad driving?   
   >   
   > No, in California it's because the DMV database was the most likely   
   > one to be able to locate someone.  It also has photos of active   
   > license holders and probably many older ones as well.   
      
   and fingerprints.   
      
   > Sex offender registration is older than mass computerization.   
   > Developing a separate new system would probably be prohibitively   
   > expensive.   
      
   tying it to a driver's license when it has nothing to do with driving   
   is a bad idea.   
      
   and what if they don't drive? what if they let the license expire?   
   there's no requirement that they renew a driver's license. after all,   
   it's for driving not for sex offenses.   
      
   now you have no way to find the person. as i said, if they want to skip   
   town, they will.   
      
   > >is that somehow supposed to prevent future sex crimes?   
   >   
   > No, it's intended to provide a quick short list of possible   
   > perpetrators.   
      
   they already have a list. they're registered sex offenders. use that   
   list.   
      
   > >if they want to track the person's location, there are more effective   
   > >ways.   
   >   
   > Effective sometimes bows to expensive.   
      
   and often brings more problems than it solves.   
      
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