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I had that happen to me. They were stalling and waiting for me to commit to purchasing a car. I picked up my phone and the salesman asked me if I was calling my husband. I said, “No, the police. You’ve stolen my drivers license.” My license was returned quickly.

My favorite happened to a friend when the officer himself came up with the excuse, and let him go!Context is key, so you need to know that this friend, named Bob, was an airline pilot who held an ATP (Airline Transport Pilot license). He also was a semi-professional drag racer who held an NHRA license. And, of course, a regular state driver's license.Bob got pulled over for speeding and a nice gentleman of an officer—who was clearly close to retirement age—walked up to the window and said, "You were going pretty fast back there. I need to see your driver's license, your race driver license, and your jet pilot license."Bob was horrified that the cop had all that info on him. He worried about consequences to his professional and semi-professional careers. He dug through his wallet and finally said to the cop, "Well, here's my jet pilot license. Here's my race driver license. And here's my driver's license."The cop stared at all three for a bit then started laughing. "I've been pulling people over for decades and, to break the tension, I always ask them for their jet pilot license, race driver license, and driver's license. When they can only pull out a driver's license, I then say, 'Well, that's too bad, because to drive that fast you need all three of those licenses, so I'm going to have to give you a ticket. If you had all three I could let you go.'""I can’t use that line on you because you're the first person who has ever had all three. So to be true to myself I'm going to let you go."

Well, there's no need to ask it harshly.It's a valid question though, especially if you look a lot different now than you did in your license photo.Believe it or not, some people with suspended licenses will steal the license from a cousin, a similar looking friend, etc. They might not memorize the full street address though. This is one way to catch them.Imagine your cousin steals your license, and he's the one who gets pulled over for speeding. The cop writes a ticket, but it has your name and license number on it. When your cousin doesn't show up for court, a warrant for your arrest gets issued. Six months later you get stopped for speeding and get taken to jail on that warrant. Now you have to try to sort out that mess.Attempting to prevent that from happening to you, or anyone else, is the reason a cop might quiz you about the contents of your license or take other measures to make sure it's really yours.There's no call for him to be harsh about it though.