I'm constantly misplacing my driver's licence and so I leave it at home
until I need to rent a car or cash a check or somthing. friends are 
forevery asking "Aren't you afraid of being stoped and find for not
carrying id "? What are the laws pertaining to carrying identification
in Pennsylvania ?  Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by historybuff-ga on 01 Aug 2002 14:42 PDT

Do you mean the laws about having your license when you are driving in
Pennsylvania, or having your license while just plain old going about
your business not driving?

Thank you for asking this important question! If you are referring to
driving without your license in Pennsylvania, it seems there are harsh
penalties if you are pulled over and caught.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.realcities.com/mld/philly/news/local/3574553.htm
This article by Robert Moran and Walter F. Naedele relates the state
is cracking down on people driving without licenses, including: "Last
year, more than 81,000 tickets were issued in Philadelphia to drivers
with no license whatsoever or a suspended license, or who were not
carrying a license, according to Traffic Court statistics."

I also searched the DMV driver handbook for Pennsylvania, and could
not find anything about penalties for not carrying your license, other
than this, about points on your driving record for
"1571....................Violation concerning license
..................3."

Superior Court Records
http://dpg-law.com/opinions/pa-super/9904/6395-wint.html
I also found this record of a case that went to trial regarding
someone driving without a license, and being found guilty.

WPVI-Philadelphia
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/features/05062002_SR_driverslicense.html
This article tells about people driving with "international" drivers
licenses. Their penalties were up to $350.

Search strategy used:

"Pennsylvnia DMV" for the handbook, which is located here:
http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/pdotforms/pa_forms_manuals/padriversman.pdf
DMV DRIVER HANDBOOK

"driving without a license" +pennsylvania
://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=ISO-8859-1&newwindow=1&q=%22driving+without+a+license%22+%2Bpennsylvania&btnG=Google+Search

I hope this answers your question successfully. If I can clarify
anything at all, please let me know before you rate my answer. Thank
you!
nvwriter-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by pluto143-ga on 02 Aug 2002 04:19 PDT

I was refering to simply going about your 
buisness day to day.
                   thanks

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Clarification of Answer by nvwriter-ga on 02 Aug 2002 08:25 PDT

Ah, that's a good thing, take care!

very quick. allmost too much info for one little guy to like me to handle

I'll leave it to someone who is better versed in the subject than me
to answer. However, I doubt there is anything legally wrong with going
around without a state ID. America is not supposed to be one of those
countries where the police can demand identification papers from
anyone they see. Now if you try to drive without a license, that's
obviously a different story.