Spoken just like a typical serial illegal lane changer!
Ornot makes the point that illegal lane changing probably does cost lives, identity theft does not.
However, I do not dismiss identity theft. That's serious stuff if it happens to you, and it can mess up your whole life for a time. I don't think it can ruin your life, but it causes serious problems in it. I also don't know if most phony SS #'s come from dead people. (in which case I would consider the crime to be a trifling one). I knew someone who had some problems with the IRS because someone was falsely using his SS# to work under. Again, that can be cleared up, and the IRS is likely to be more interested in the person using your SS # than in you. But...I still wouldn't want to deal with that crap.