Cashmore, Stuart on 05 April 2004 at 10:53 said:-
> In order to allow the UK photo driving licence to acquire the same
> status - officially or unofficially (by usage) - we would have to
> embark on a programme of replacing all paper licences and introducing
> the non-driving driving licence.
> Hopefully these steps wouldn't go un-noticed!
Or, perhaps they already have, if you change address what changes happen to
your driving licence?
As people become used to the photo driving licence, ID will no doubt become
more or less acceptable.
In support of that statement see Roland Perrys' comment 05 April 2004 at
13:14 > It's called an "Identification Card".
Ian W
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> Whilst I broadly agree with what Ian is saying here, there is
> one important fact he overlooks - the photo driving licence
> cannot become "a true ID card" simply because not everybody
> in the country holds one. In countries that have ID cards
> they are (usually) required from the age of 16, and in UK law
> even a provisional licence can't be issued until the age of
> 17. There is also the question of the huge number of people
> who hold the "old" paper licence.
>
> In the US the driving licence has become a de facto ID card,
> with non-drivers able to obtain an identical document but
> without (obviously!) the permission to drive element - the
> name of this escapes me at the moment.
>
> In order to allow the UK photo driving licence to acquire the
> same status - officially or unofficially (by usage) - we
> would have to embark on a programme of replacing all paper
> licences and introducing the non-driving driving licence.
> Hopefully these steps wouldn't go un-noticed!
>
> Stuart
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