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originally posted by: grainofsand
Same here, I'm shocked with the privilege comments, and the obvious thing that carrying ID to be allowed to drive a car is normal to some US folk.
Land of the free eh? lol
Having a Driving licence in the UK for any motor vehicle is a privilege and not a right...UKDRIVERS.COM
originally posted by: grainofsand
Other posters here have indicated that it is a chargeable offence if a police officer asks for ID/licence after a traffic stop and the driver has left it at home.
So which is it?
Do you get a ticket which presumes guilt until said ID/license is provided, or do you get a formal request to produce proof within 7 days like in the UK?
I say it is you playing semantics perhaps because it pains you that the UK is less totalitarian in this specific regard.
originally posted by: grainofsand
So again I'll ask clearly, is it a requirement to carry ID/license/insurance documents to drive a car in the US?
Yes or no?
*Edit*
It is not a legal requirement in the UK.
originally posted by: grainofsand
Perhaps you missed it, I said 'carry' to drive a car.
We do not have to carry papers in the UK, just show some proof a week later at a police station of our choice anywhere in the UK if we are asked.
Your semantics argument fails badly.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: grainofsand
Perhaps you missed it, I said 'carry' to drive a car.
We do not have to carry papers in the UK, just show some proof a week later at a police station of our choice anywhere in the UK if we are asked.
Your semantics argument fails badly.
Frankly I would rather carry my ID and clear up any confusion immediately then have to go to a police station at some later date and prove that I am myself.
Total semantics.
originally posted by: grainofsand
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No, that is an issue of personal choice you talk of now.
The question was about being 'required' to carry ID to drive. The US requires and enforces it, the UK does not.
Which bit of that do you disagree with?
originally posted by: grainofsand
No you don't.
If the cop believes you because you are providing the same information he is seeing on the screen or hearing on the radio then he/she lets us go with a smile generally?
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: slapjacks
Sounds horrible if that is the thing in Federal law..."Show me your papers!"
Nothing like that here in the UK without 'reasonable suspicion' in the cops argument.
originally posted by: grainofsand
No apparently.
I asked you if it is a requirement to carry ID/license/insurance documents to drive a car in the US?
You replied yes.
It is not a requirement in the UK
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originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: grainofsand
Thats great that it pleases you if the point you are trying to make is that ID is not a legal requirement to have on your person in this county. But trust me at some point and at some time not having said documentation will most lightly been an inconvenience. Thats simply the way this country is progressing, 1984 and all that jazz.
Bit off topic but truth be told if Cameron gets his way soon "they" will be able to serve up 10 year gaol sentences for simple possession of torrent files.