1939 Register up and running (Part 3)

[ScouseBoy]

I agree as well msr and BumbleB - it would make life a lot simpler in many ways, especially for people who don't drive or have a passport. A friend who has neither had huge problems when asked to provide identity. It threw the people who were asking as they didn't know what else was acceptable.

That concept destroys one of the best things about being British, we are free people who don't have to identify ourselves unless we want to.



The permission was refused unless I could produce my driving licence or other photo ID. I said my driving licence was a pre photo licence and I did not have photo ID.

How was the dilemma resolved I sent a text to the dealers from my phone explaining my old key would not set the car alarm and if I was not sold a new key to secure my car I would hold BMW liable.
I had the key delivered to my house the following day, it had been dispatched from Germany under the VOR procedures.
It seems BMW did not want the bad publicity that would have ensued if my car had been stolen.

Cheers
Guy

  I have been watching a motorway cops programme  on TV  today,   and one suspect refused to identify himself.  The police officers said that, in that case, they wanted to take his fingerprint   or take a photo  of him,  he also refused those options.

Usually,  if you phone the police up, either on 101   or 999,   they usually ask for your date of birth.       They have ways and means  of identifying people.

[suey]

 I have been watching a motorway cops programme  on TV  today,   and one suspect refused to identify himself.  The police officers said that, in that case, they wanted to take his fingerprint   or take a photo  of him,  he also refused those options.

Usually,  if you phone the police up, either on 101   or 999,   they usually ask for your date of birth.       They have ways and means  of identifying people.

Not if you are here illegally they don't.   I've got no qualms about identity cards, nothing to hide, nothing to fear.  I have no passport or photo driving licence either, so might make life easier for me too.

[ScouseBoy]

If  you phone up the Emergency Services on a land line  then the operator usually knows your location.

[KGarrad]

I'm with you msr on identity cards.  I will never forget, just a few years ago, watching a stage of the Tour de France when two young Dutch lads tried to drive their car in a restricted area.  The French police stopped them and then confiscated their identity cards.  Those lads were as meek as anything, made not a movement until their cards were returned some while later.

Perhaps they should be reinstated here.  I've nothing to hide, so no objections from me.

It is a legal requirement in the Netherlands, that some means of identity be carried at all times!
So, while Dutch police are never heavy-handed, the Dutch lads would be quite familiar with the process.

[carol8353]

It is a legal requirement in the Netherlands, that some means of identity be carried at all times!
So, while Dutch police are never heavy-handed, the Dutch lads would be quite familiar with the process.

I think carrying a driving licence whilst driving should be a legal requirement here.
It'd stop all that mucking around,and timewasting if the police stop people,while they try and prove(which they always do eventually) who you are.

[LizzieL]

I agree as well msr and BumbleB - it would make life a lot simpler in many ways, especially for people who don't drive or have a passport. A friend who has neither had huge problems when asked to provide identity. It threw the people who were asking as they didn't know what else was acceptable.

That concept destroys one of the best things about being British, we are free people who don't have to identify ourselves unless we want to.

I don't see we would lose our freedom by having an identity card, if it was optional whether we chose to carry it around with us. As others have said, it would make life simpler for non-drivers and those who don't travel abroad.   

[dawnsh]

Topic locked as it has now got to 26 pages, sprouted legs and walked off in other directions.