Peter wrote:

In the totalitarian communist countries an adult had to carry an
internal passport / ID document, and if this was not carried, and he
got stopped and checked, he'd be locked up until somebody produced the
documents. I don't think the USA, or any other western country would
do this.

In Atlanta in 1973, failure to produce identification on the request of a police
officer would get you jailed. You did get to explain the situation to a judge
within a couple days. I think the Federal courts eventually forbad that
practice, but I'm not sure when.

George Patterson
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop
playing.