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27 Mar · Mon 2006

My driving licence? Certainly officer; which one would you like?


Apparently ministers have today approved plans for a standardised European driving licence, in credit-card format and probably with a chip. We already have a credit-card sized driving licence in the UK, but in a classic compromise it is optional. We may still choose to have just a paper licence (with a signature but no photograph), and if we opt for the credit-card format, we have to have (and be able to present when appropriate) the paper one as well. I wonder if the advent of a standard EU licence will mean that we are expected to carry one, two or three of the possible credential formats. It doesn't take much to conclude, either, that the EU driving licence would be included as a 'designated document' under the ID Cards bill... in other words, that applying for one would result in compulsory registration in the UK Nationla Identity Register.
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