Poll on finding a lost driver license

[Peaceseeker]

This is my first poll.  Hopefully I am doing this right!  My husband and I disagreed on this so I thought I would ask the hive.

Edited August 17, 2018 by CaliforniaDreamin

[Peaceseeker]

14 minutes ago, happysmileylady said:

I voted other but it just depends on where I am.   In most places, I am probably taking it to someone else. At McDs it’s probably going to a manager.  At a grocery store, the CSR desk. At a park or other  public similar place I might call the police or parks department or something.  In the middle of the road down some random street, honestly I probably leave it there.   

Good point!  Yes if it had been at a store or a restaurant I would have probably taken it to the manager in hopes the person would come back looking.  This was literally on the sidewalk in a large public place with tons of different shops and restaurants.

Edited August 17, 2018 by CaliforniaDreamin

[Catwoman]

Have you tried looking the person up on whitepages.com to see if there is a phone number listed for him or her? 

[Catwoman]

Also, if the address is local, can you bring the license to the person’s home? I did that once when I found a lost wallet.

[Peaceseeker]

And I literally made my poll last about 5 minutes and cannot seem to open it back up. My poll is already closed.  First poll fail, lol!  The vote is split three ways between the three voters who made it in before the five minute time limit.   I am laughing so hard I am crying.  Ok, if I can get it together I will try to make another.  I guess once a poll closes you can't edit it to reopen.

Edited August 17, 2018 by CaliforniaDreamin

[Peaceseeker]

2 minutes ago, Catwoman said:

Also, if the address is local, can you bring the license to the person’s home? I did that once when I found a lost wallet.

It was found in a local tourist spot and is from a nearby county about an hour and a half away from us.

[Catwoman]

12 minutes ago, CaliforniaDreamin said:

It was found in a local tourist spot and is from a nearby county about an hour and a half away from us.

 

Maybe you could find their phone number or call the police non-emergency number and ask what you should do with the license. The owner is probably frantic.

[Peaceseeker]

I came home to this situation late tonight when I got off work (my husband found the license earlier tonight) and we will do something first thing in the morning.  He thought to just drop it in the mail in the morning to them, I thought it better to bring it to the local police station.  We haven't had any luck finding a phone number.

I think I will probably call the local police in the morning and get their opinion.  It seems risky to me to mail it honestly.  I shall report back their response :)

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by CaliforniaDreamin

[Catwoman]

3 minutes ago, CaliforniaDreamin said:

I came home to this situation late tonight when I got off work (my husband found the license earlier tonight) and we will do something first thing in the morning.  He thought to just drop it in the mail in the morning to them, I thought it better to bring it to the local police station.  We haven't had any luck finding a phone number.

I think I will probably call the local police in the morning and get their opinion.  It seems risky to me to mail it honestly.  I shall report back their response ?

 

 

I think you’re doing the right thing. By the time the person got it back in the mail, he would probably already have gone to all the trouble of getting a replacement license. 

[Petrichor]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaDreamin said:

And I literally made my poll last about 5 minutes and cannot seem to open it back up. My poll is already closed.  First poll fail, lol!  The vote is split three ways between the three voters who made it in before the five minute time limit.   I am laughing so hard I am crying.  Ok, if I can get it together I will try to make another.  I guess once a poll closes you can't edit it to reopen.

I hadn't actually looked at the voter count and was wondering why a poll was so evenly split 3-ways

[gardenmom5]

when I was a new driver, I apparently dropped my license - which I didn't realize until it showed up in the mail.

one reason you need to keep your current address on it  (you're supposed to change the address on your license when you move- discounted rate).

[Daria]

I would google for a phone number.  If I couldn’t find one, then mailing it sounds good to me.