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Miriam Schmidt

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English to German Law/Patents Automotive / Cars & Trucks Abbreviations on a TX driver license

I am translating a Texas driver license, which has been issued not too long ago (April 2010). At the very bottom of the front side is says:
5 DD 20-digit number

I found two possibilities: DD could either stand for "deemed destitue", which seems highly unlikely because why would a person be declared to be pooron their driver license??
Or it could say: defensive driving, meaning this person has taken a defensive driving class...
I am lost - can anyone confirm, deny or has the right answer?

Change log

Mar 1, 2011 17:23: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "DD on a Texas driver license" to "DD"

Mar 2, 2011 08:43: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents"

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DERDOKTOR Mar 1, 2011: You're welcome
Miriam Schmidt (asker) Mar 1, 2011: Thank you!
DERDOKTOR Mar 1, 2011: Yes Prüfungsnummer would be alright.Or Identifikationsnummer.
Miriam Schmidt (asker) Mar 1, 2011: Sorry - "Prüfnummer", rather than "Prüfungsnummer"
Miriam Schmidt (asker) Mar 1, 2011: https://txapps.texas.gov/tolapp/txdl/login.dl?locale=en This is what I've found now. Appearantly it's the audit number that was introduced to check counterfeit DLs... So I guess I will go with "Prüfungsnummer"...
DERDOKTOR Mar 1, 2011: Driving Department or Drivers' department, probably. Or Department of Driving.
Miriam Schmidt (asker) Mar 1, 2011: I will probably do that... I can't imagine it would mean drunken driving because, as you said, that would be DUI and then, why would they state that on the license... And that wouldn't explain the long number... I will search some more but thank you for your response!
DERDOKTOR Mar 1, 2011: drunken driving? That would normally be abbreviated DUI- driving under the influence. Knowing civil servants, when regarding translated documents CAN be beastly, I would still recommend you just copy those digits and letters, without comment. Yo ucould also go to the website of THE Sherriff's Department or police unit, that issued the licence, to get more info. with all the marshalls, sherriffs, polices, constabularies about in the U.S., this will probably be very different from town to town, and county to county.

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