Will driving license be obsolete in the future ?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Or maybe instead of driver licensing....they introduce a new system that enters all of your information into the cars onboard computer so that the car is only registered to you. Nobody else will be able to drive the car and nobody will be able to use the car without entering license data.

Who will develop this? Ubisoft Auto, inc.

There's a frightening thought...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

There's a frightening thought...

LOL

[vienna]

Scarier thought: The Apple iCar:

[Salesman] Yes, the Apple iCar is a quantum leap forward in automotive engineering and a re-imagining of the total concept of what the driving experience should be.

[Customer] Are there any downsides?

[Salesman] None at all. You have the rich history of Apple innovation and quality to support your purchase.

[Customer] OK, I'll buy one!

[Salesman] Sign here.(Customer signs.) Now the condition of ownership are these: you can only use Apple tires, parts, fuel, and any other items pertaining to the operation of the vehicle. Please note the iCar will not function unless you also buy an Apple iPhone or iPad. Also, it is expected you will buy a new iCar at least once a year when Apple makes upgrades to the iCar. As a new, original iCar owner, you will be given Priority Status guaranteeing you a place in at least the second one hundred customer waiting to buy the next iCar upgrade. Enjoy your motoring experience!...


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[Platapus]

Putting on my Election Officer hat...

/thread derail

Driving licenses won't become obsolete as they are the most common form of ID used when casting a vote in an election. Hint Hint

Tuesday is Election day in many of the states. Hint Hint hint.

Please vote. Hint Hint Hint hint

/thread re-rail

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Putting on my Election Officer hat...

/thread derail

Driving licenses won't become obsolete as they are the most common form of ID used when casting a vote in an election. Hint Hint

Tuesday is Election day in many of the states. Hint Hint hint.

Please vote. Hint Hint Hint hint

/thread re-rail

You could be right I wasn't thinking outside the box(Europe) Here, well in most of the countries we have identification card(ID-card) Of course you can also use the driving license or your passport, but about 90-95 % of the people in Denmark and Sweden use their ID-card.

Markus

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by mapuc

You could be right I wasn't thinking outside the box(Europe) Here, well in most of the countries we have identification card(ID-card) Of course you can also use the driving license or your passport, but about 90-95 % of the people in Denmark and Sweden use their ID-card.

Markus

National ID cards is a contentious issue in the US.

After all, if we have a national ID card, The Government (cue dramatic music) could easily throw us in concentration camps. But since we have state ID cards, we are safe.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

National ID cards is a contentious issue in the US.

After all, if we have a national ID card, The Government (cue dramatic music) could easily throw us in concentration camps. But since we have state ID cards, we are safe.

Didn't the Feds do an end run around the issue a few years back by standardizing state DLs?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

Didn't the Feds do an end run around the issue a few years back by standardizing state DLs?

There was the REAL ID act of 2005 that established some basic standards of what information should be on a driver's license. Prior to that, State issued driver's licenses were rather diverse in nature.

The information is still maintained by the State Government, so technically it is not a "national ID card". But let's be honest, the federal government has access through the states. Simply keeping information at the state level does not mean that the federal government can't have access.

However the amount of data available to the government (state and federal) still pales in comparison to what Google and other mega-corporations already know, share, and sell about us.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by ME

I don't think driver licenses are going away; they are the basic Amerikan police state ID card.

Originally Posted by Platapus

National ID cards is a contentious issue in the US.

After all, if we have a national ID card, The Government (cue dramatic music) could easily throw us in concentration camps. But since we have state ID cards, we are safe.

Originally Posted by August

Didn't the Feds do an end run around the issue a few years back by standardizing state DLs?

Originally Posted by Platapus

The information is still maintained by the State Government, so technically it is not a "national ID card". But let's be honest, the federal government has access through the states. Simply keeping information at the state level does not mean that the federal government can't have access.

GOTT BLEß 'MERIKA! Land of the licensed; home of the not-so-frei. when I referred to a 'nosey gendarme', I was putting it politely. The dual-sovereignty of dual citizenship between 50 native states and the Federal government can be onerous at times especially when the sovereign citizen is assumed to be the bad guy pro-forma. I was intrigued on my last visit to Britain at Runnymede as our knowledgeable guide pointed out that "'English men 'in their own land'" do not have to carry an ID with them... It helps: "Queen Elizabeth does not hold a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she herself doesn’t need one. She also doesn’t require a driver’s license, though she has been known to take joyrides around her various estates in her Range Rover." Frankly I'm envious. Try not having a photo-ID in 'Merika on any given day!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Try not having a photo-ID in 'Merika on any given day!

You probably would not have any problems. With some exceptions, there is no requirement for a citizen to carry ID. Now if that citizen wants to do specific things that require an ID, then they must have ID in order to do those things.

But you can still shop for food, ride buses, and live a happy life without ever showing ID.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Platapus

You probably would not have any problems. With some exceptions, there is no requirement for a citizen to carry ID. Now if that citizen wants to do specific things that require an ID, then they must have ID in order to do those things.

But you can still shop for food, ride buses, and live a happy life without ever showing ID.

The same goes here in Denmark and Sweden. A person only show his or her ID-card when he or she has to get parcel or some special letter at the local post office, and maybe at some discotheque(age control)

In years they have been talking about a European ID-card that can be used in every EU-country and as substitute for the passport

Markus

[ikalugin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

You probably would not have any problems. With some exceptions, there is no requirement for a citizen to carry ID. Now if that citizen wants to do specific things that require an ID, then they must have ID in order to do those things.

But you can still shop for food, ride buses, and live a happy life without ever showing ID.

In ru you could be stoped by a police patrol and get asked to produce an ID. If you don't I think they are allowed to get you to the police station in order to verify your ID.

[pognivet]

computers arent all theyre cracked up to be theres over 10,000 errors on average in the code for united states ballistic missile targeting systems giving over your life to the computer is like giving it over to satan in the future everyone will have to get microchips on their right hand or their forehead in order to buy or sell and if you dont get one you cant drive or use public transportation or receive social security or apply for college the computer is primarily a tool of the oppressor it is used to put things on file even at the time were living in most people get their news and information from the internet but a site can easily be deleted or shut down forever and that information is lost forever unlike when its in a physical form so like i said to trust your life every day to a computer to drive a car is insane when the software that is supposed to synchronize the rotors on the v22 osprey supposedly the most advanced transportation aircraft in the world malfunction regularly and kill a ton of people even without cars being fully automated to have them controlled by a central processor has caused a ton of deaths such as the toyota scandal where the car would accelerate and wouldnt stop and now we live in a police state so if the car has wireless connection the police can just shut the car off from a distance and kill you or take you to jail like they do with rodney king and sam dubose and kelly thomas and waleter scott well thats my two cents see you later

[Sailor Steve]

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