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Re:Wait, When Did Everyone Start Using Apple Pay? by tokamak-teapot on Friday August 19, 2022 @09:25AM (#32520669)
No, driver's license doesn't need to be carried around in the UK. If the police want to see it, you can bring it to them later.

Other IDs - nothing is required to be carried around in the UK, but lots of offices have a pass card, which allows you to get in and out through barriers, take some buses for free, etc. I have one that lives in my laptop bag.

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Re:Wait, When Did Everyone Start Using Apple Pay? by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday August 19, 2022 @11:21AM (#32522097)
In America, the law states that you are not required to provide ID to police unless you are suspected of a crime or it's a traffic stop.

But that's just what the law states, and cops don't care about that. They'll harass you until you lash out in frustration so that they have an excuse to beat the shit out of you and throw you in a cell.

So yeah, theoretically, I don't need to carry my ID if I'm just walking to the store, but I kind of do anyways in case I run into a cop with a bad attitude.

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