A physical driving license may soon be a thing of the past as it will find a new home on your phone, like everything else.
Your Driving License Might Be On Your iPhone Soon
By
Shehzad in
Science and Technology
On 23rd May 2016
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The Verge reported that Oliver Morley, the CEO of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) tweeted an image of what digital driver's licenses could look like: "So here's a little prototype of something we're working on #drivinglicense."
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Basically, it would be found on your iPhone's wallets section where plane tickets and other things live.
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As of right now there is no timeline at all for when this would go into play, so don't expect it to be relatively soon. There are no-doubt many channels this would have to go through and numerous people who would have to approve it. Also, those who don't have new phones, like dads and drug dealers don't need to worry apparently, it's voluntary.
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In another tweet, Morley clarified that the DVLA is not doing away with the old, credit card-sized licenses. The digitalized version is simply "an add-on."
It certainly makes sense as just about everything is making its way onto digital platforms slowly but surely now.
Meanwhile, we may have been gifted the first images of the iPhone 7 today.
