Comment by 9JollyOtter
24 days ago
I haven't shown my photocard drivers license in literally years to anyone, other than renewing it.
I normally just use Birthcert and Utility bills.
24 days ago
I haven't shown my photocard drivers license in literally years to anyone, other than renewing it.
I normally just use Birthcert and Utility bills.
Photo ID is common already. Not just driving licences (with a "c") and passports, but in numerous other forms. In Scotland, young people have to prove their age continually, and they have a choice of these or state issued photo bus passes, Young Scot cards (no idea who issues these but commonly used as ID) and student IDs. They're definitely being conditioned into it.
TBH, I don't care generally what happens up in Scotland.
I live in Scotland, and the scenario here is pretty similar to England.
If you live here you hear about England non-stop on the news. In fact, many papers and news channels report England-only developments as if they apply to the rest of the UK.
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I mean yeah they will have to show it if they’re buying booze, cigs, or getting a discounted travel ticket. But I don’t think that’s unreasonable, and “conditioning” feels overly dramatic.
Would you rather there were no age checks?
They aren't getting a discounted travel ticket, they're getting free bus travel in return for carrying around a photo ID all the time. (I don't agree with fourteen and fifteen year olds being able to travel on the bus for free at ten or eleven at night on Friday or Saturday and getting up to no good on the public coin. It was sold to the public as a school bus replacement and/or reducing car use. It is an obvious attempt to normalise ID cards.)