No Photo ID

Swipe

poppystar said:

Swipe said:

If you are over 70 and no longer driving it's still worth renewing your driving licence just as a form of ID as renewals are free of charge.

Assuming you haven’t developed health problems that have to be reported to DVLA and mean you are unable to renew your licence…

If your GP doesn't report your ailments to the DVLA, that's all a bit academic if you aren't actually driving.

Torry_Quine

TheBanker said:

IanManc said:

Band7 said:

Torry_Quine said:

The only photo ID I have is my bus pass. It has been accepted by solicitors and will be accepted for voting. I hope a bank would accept it but I won't hold my breath. 

Neither your solicitors nor the polling station have a legal duty to verify your ID under Money Laundering legislation. 

Solicitors definitely do have a legal duty to verify identity under money laundering legislation. The obligations in relation to identity and sources of funds are actually very onerous and time consuming, including every firm having to have a designated Compliance Officer who has to certify that all legislation and professional rules have been complied with in every case throughout the firm.

There's lots (and lots and lots) about it to read here:

https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/resources/money-laundering/

Doesn't that depend on what type of service the solicitor is providing? The OP said they'd used their bus pass to prove their identity to a solicitor - that may be ok for certain things but not for financial related transactions (conveyancing etc). 

As I said, not the OP I used my bus pass when selling a property and obtaining confirmation after a death. Definitely financial transactions.

subjecttocontract

Can t you just get some passport photos printed......lots of places will take the photo & print them ? You then get someone on the approved list to write on the back that it's you....e.g your doctor. 

Malthusian

Beddie said:

Of course, we could all have identity cards.

We already have ID cards. I suggested the OP buys one at a cost of £8.25 per year, and as others have suggested there is another ID card that can be obtained even more cheaply if you are eligible for a driving licence.

Swipe

subjecttocontract said:

Can t you just get some passport photos printed......lots of places will take the photo & print them ? You then get someone on the approved list to write on the back that it's you....e.g your doctor. 

The GP will likely charge you for that

kaMelo

CKhalvashi said:

kaMelo said:

Beddie said:

Of course, we could all have identity cards. But apparently they are a removal of our civil liberties, according to some. I'd welcome them, most other civilised countries use them.

You do remember why people thought that don't you?

A compulsory ID card containing 50 data fields at launch, things such as all ten finger prints, iris scans, facial scans, your entire worldwide residential history, all stored across multiple linked databases and legislation in place to add more data fields as and when thought necessary by the Government of the day.  Given they couldn't keep one database safe (Child Benefit data) God only knows what would have happened with this amount of data on every UK citizen. It would be a hackers dream challenge.

A voluntary basic ID card with no more data than say a driving licence, the same as other civilised countries, I would have no problem with. The version the UK were implementing, absolutely not.

Sorry, what?

Most countries (at least in Europe) have ID cards these days and most of those can be sued for travel, containing no more information than in a passport. Several also have app-based government services (Estonia, Ukraine through Diia, Poland is moving in that direction).

The UK is an outlier here.

It is, and the type of ID card you mention would be a welcome addition.

The. ID cards introduced in the UK in 2006 were on a completely different level to those.

baser999

Swipe said:

If you are over 70 and no longer driving it's still worth renewing your driving licence just as a form of ID as renewals are free of charge.

My mothers 91, disabled and visually impaired so may be difficult in renewing her driving licence. Bit scary were DVLA to renew it, she was a poor driver when she was able-bodied and sighted 😂

TheBanker

subjecttocontract said:

Can t you just get some passport photos printed......lots of places will take the photo & print them ? You then get someone on the approved list to write on the back that it's you....e.g your doctor. 

I don't know of any banks that would accept that as a form of ID. 

subjecttocontract

TheBanker said:

subjecttocontract said:

Can t you just get some passport photos printed......lots of places will take the photo & print them ? You then get someone on the approved list to write on the back that it's you....e.g your doctor. 

I don't know of any banks that would accept that as a form of ID. 

Well you could always apply for a shotgun licence......apparently they are still quite easy to obtain !

Section62

Swipe said:

poppystar said:

Swipe said:

If you are over 70 and no longer driving it's still worth renewing your driving licence just as a form of ID as renewals are free of charge.

Assuming you haven’t developed health problems that have to be reported to DVLA and mean you are unable to renew your licence…

If your GP doesn't report your ailments to the DVLA, that's all a bit academic if you aren't actually driving.

The licence holder has a legal duty to self-report any notifiable conditions (or conditions which have got worse), regardless of whether or not they are currently driving.

The maximum fine for failing to do this is £1000

In some situations there is an obligation to surrender the licence, e.g. if you no longer meet the medical requirements.

https://www.gov.uk/driving-medical-conditions

The possibility of being fined up to £1000 makes this rather more than "academic".