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Originally Posted by martyh
Nothing to do with big brother mentality .If i get hit by a car i want to be sure that the driver is the driver that is insured for that car ,i certainly don't want to give insurance companies any excuse not to pay out
---------- Post added at 13:09 ---------- Previous post was at 13:06 ----------
Exactly ,it is also useful for id purposes ,a paper licence cannot be used as id anymore
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old paper license are still perfectly valid ( until 2033 at least
) as id as is the paper counter part of a photo id license the paper part is needed that to prove your id
this link shows one department that requires it cant find a more general one at the moment
http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/licensing-id-checklist.aspx
here is another list from a bank of valid id that are approved
http://www.santander.co.uk/csgs/Satellite?appID=abbey.internet.Abbeycom&c=Page&can al=CABBEYCOM&cid=1210616507242&empr=Abbeycom&leng= en_GB&pagename=Abbeycom/Page/WC_ACOM_TemplateA2
see page 5 on here
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/dbs/dbs-checking-service-guidance/identity-checking-guidelines?view=Binary
---------- Post added at 21:17 ---------- Previous post was at 21:12 ----------
once you have a photo id license though you do need to update the photo every 10 years personally i think they should at least get people to do a highway code test too
