{"id":414127,"date":"2026-09-29T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414127\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:22:10","slug":"new-floridas-drivers-license-features-gator-space-shuttle-let-us-alone-motto-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414127\/","title":{"rendered":"New Florida\u2019s driver\u2019s license features gator, Space Shuttle, \u2018Let Us Alone\u2019 motto \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida is rolling out a new driver’s license and ID card that features an orange, a gator and other nods to the Sunshine State’s history.<\/p>\n

The redesigned cards will be available at all service centers statewide beginning on Wednesday, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among the charges are an orange in place of the “O” in Florida, a manatee in the bottom left corner and a gator incorporated into the READ ID star in the top right corner.<\/p>\n

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A comparison between the new Florida driver’s license and the old one<\/p>\n

The new background image on the card’s front features the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fortress in the continental United States located in St. Augustine.<\/p>\n

On the back is an image of the Discovery Space Shuttle, which launched 39 missions and spent 365 days in space before making its final landing in Florida in 2011.<\/p>\n

The back also features the “Let Us Alone” motto from Florida’s first unofficial flag.<\/p>\n

Florida residents aren’t required to replace their existing card but previous versions will be phased out over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida is rolling out a new driver’s license and ID card that features an orange, a gator and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-414127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}