what part of your license do you carry?
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Thought you were meant to upgrade those?
This thread reminds me I need to get a new counterpart, it's gone missing in all my paperwork back home and I want to change my picture on the card.
From memory thats technically incorrect. I think you should have it with you when driving, the producer (HORT1) is a way of the cops giving you 7days in which to produce it at a police station. The offence of failing to produce a driving licence is committed at the time. Obviously no one gets done for it unless it's tacked on with No Driving License.
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Just the card as ID.
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I don't do wallets, just always have a debit card, drivers licence as ID, and my student card in my pocket
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Is there any reason to carry both parts?
save you having to go to a police station to produce if your pulled over by the fuzz ?
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Is this the only reason? Because I don't get pulled over a lot.
yes
the police are about the only people who would want the counterpart. Hire car companies dont ask for it, dealers wont ask you for it if you test drive something. You dont need it for ID, and i cant think of any other body that has the right to demand you produce your license. Vosa, HMRC etc.. can have the power to pull you over in some circumstances, but they dont have the power to force you to produce documents.
unless you carry insurance documents around with you you would still have to go anyway.
use card as ID, but if i know im not gonna get ID i leave it all at home, there is a good chance i would lose it
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same here
Hmmm, no idea - I lived for Germany for 5 years so maybe I missed when that happened. Never had a problem with it though, although I don't think I've ever even had to show it since I moved back in 2004 - not even when test driving cars.