Thread: Digital drivers license

I know it might sound like I'm being slightly paranoid given that Google/Microsoft/Apple have so much access to you information already but I don't think I'd be be happy with having a government app on my phone.

It's only a small step to go from it being a 'convenient' way to hold your licence information to your phone being turned into a government tracking device you've had the privilege to pay for.

How long would it be before the app also required permissions to see where you are, what websites you've visited, who you've called and sent texts to before it can be installed? And if you refused those permissions and refused to install the app, would it mean you no longer have a licence?

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Now, where's me tinfoil hat?

It never was an offence to not carry your car driver's licence when driving a car in South Australia.

Aaron

Originally Posted by Aaron IIA

It never was an offence to not carry your car drivers' licence when driving a car in South Australia.

Aaron

That's interesting. Last I knew, it was in Victoria.
Is it in NSW?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

That's interesting. Last I knew, it was in Victoria.
Is it in NSW?

In NSW you need to carry your licence with you when you're driving.

The one and only time I was stopped at an RBT was the time I'd also forgotten my wallet (and licence).

The cop who stopped me let me off not having my licence as I only lived a couple of kilometers away and I was a man with a beard driving a Defender so I mustn't have fitted the profile of an unlicenced driver.

It was lucky I was stopped as I was just about to head off for an extended holiday.

Don't need to carry licence in SA for a car. I'm told if driving a truck must carry licence when driving

Several years ago one of my neighbours was booked for not carrying his licence - he was travelling 100m between paddocks, not even on the carriageway of the road. I think he may have displayed some 'attitude' to the policeman. In telling the tale, he noted that after the fuss about the licence, the cop failed to notice his trailer was unregistered.

John

I'm waiting for the day we all have to present to the Centrelink Office for the implant of our smart microchip. Then all the Police have to do is have scanners which will pop your details on the ANPR screen, your head will go beep when you go through the motorway Toll Point and through the register at Wollies!

On John's issue, a workmate in one of the ED's where I was employed had a family grazing property in the upper Hunter. One afternoon he drove down one of the paddocks and across a gravel track/road continuing up to the homestead. A Highway Patrol car then followed him up to the house wanting to book him for speeding. That was until Darren informed him that the road the officer was patrolling was only a right of way through Darren's farm, so in fact he hadn't actually left his own property even when he crossed the road.

$106 and 2 points for not producing it in NSW. The one that shocked me was $531 for driving / riding with a licence that's out of date by less than 2 years.