I got my first driver's license (执照) in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman. Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland. Two weeks before my 20th birthday, Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Carolina driver's license, ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21. "Mr. Henry Smith, your husband, will have to sign for you." he said.
I argued, pointing to a very large belly (肚子) of mine, "I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?" He answered coldly, "It's the law, madam?"
Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it. "No," I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail — using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland and I had to take the Maryland driver's exam. Since then I just go in and renew every four years -- sign the name Susan Brown, have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive.
我生气地指着我的大肚子说:“我结婚了”。我怀着孩子。为什么还需要他人签字才能开车呢?“这是法律,夫人”他冷冷地回答说。
亨利让我安静下来,朝前走去准备完成驾驶证的签字。“不”我说到。我拒绝他为我签字。在没有马里兰州的驾驶证情况下我离开了。
我给北卡罗来纳州机动车办公室打电话并且更新了我的北卡罗来纳州驾驶证——用我的名字苏珊.布朗。这样就是接下来12年的事了。因为亨利在军队我能够以“自家驾驶证”来开车。直到亨利复员我们再次居住在马里兰州,我必须参加马里兰州的司机考试。从那时开始我就每四年进去用苏珊.布朗这个名字更新,照一些新照片,然后出来就拿到可以开车的驾驶证。来自:求助得到的回答