FlySafair prepares for possible driving licence ID ban

ld13 said:
For the love of...

So because some government idiot feels that using my drivers is not valid proof of my identity... everyone and their dog that have gladly accepted it as such for decades will now start giving me issues?!
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Yea it doesn't make sense to me.

DL has more or less the same info as an ID, why is one considered a valid form and the other not, are they saying ID's cant be faked?

And if I go to some non guavament entity and they ask for ID but I hand them my DL they say they need ID, I roll my eyes, walk all the way back to the car and get my ID.
 
bwana said:
If only the state already issued another form of identification...
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Sure, but it just more to carry. Not to mention that a good portion of the population still have ID books.

I don't want to carry my ID card/book simply because it increases the chances of being lost.

Imagine pitching up at home affairs with no ID card and no drivers. Fug me dead.

What possible logic and benefit is this going to actually make.
 
shouldn't you already be carrying an ID book and not a Driving license when boarding a flight.
unless were already in the year 2035 where your ID is tied to your fingerprint/retina
 
Scooby_Doo said:
Sure, but it just more to carry. Not to mention that a good portion of the population still have ID books.

I don't want to carry my ID card/book simply because it increases the chances of being lost.

Imagine pitching up at home affairs with no ID card and no drivers. Fug me dead.

What possible logic and benefit is this going to actually make.
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I get the ID book argument but the "more to carry" argument is BS when it comes to the cards. Most teenagers carry theirs in the back of their phone case.

There are better options though - for example I've got my passport as a Digital ID in my Apple Wallet.

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Scooby_Doo said:
Sure, but it just more to carry. Not to mention that a good portion of the population still have ID books.

I don't want to carry my ID card/book simply because it increases the chances of being lost.

Imagine pitching up at home affairs with no ID card and no drivers. Fug me dead.

What possible logic and benefit is this going to actually make.
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I am with you here. I had my wallet pick pocketed couple of years ago. Both drivers and ID card lost in the process. A royal pain in the butt to sort out. I no longer carry them together.
 
ld13 said:
For the love of...

So because some government idiot feels that using my drivers is not valid proof of my identity... everyone and their dog that have gladly accepted it as such for decades will now start giving me issues?!
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Or drivers licences were never an official identity document and only an ID document is proof of ID. We know drivers licences are easily bought.

Anyway all the more reason to move to a digital ID with the card as backup
 
If you can't use a driving licence to vote then you shouldn't be able to use one to board a plane either. Why do you not have an ID card?
 
bwana said:
I get the ID book argument but the "more to carry" argument is BS when it comes to the cards. Most teenagers carry theirs in the back of their phone case.

There are better options though - for example I've got my passport as a Digital ID in my Apple Wallet.

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I am more concerned about the risk of losing all my IDs in one go should my wallet get stolen/lost.

Digital is unlikely to be valid in SA. Happy to be confirmed wrong though.
 
Scooby_Doo said:
Is this real though, in the sense that everywhere will accept it?
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It will be, its being prototyped by the department of home affairs. He was on the radio discussing this when it was launched, it will be no different to having the physical card.

Keep in mind, this is not the same as a photo you have of you card, you access the digital ID through an App.
 
bwana said:
I get the ID book argument but the "more to carry" argument is BS when it comes to the cards. Most teenagers carry theirs in the back of their phone case.

There are better options though - for example I've got my passport as a Digital ID in my Apple Wallet.

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dont come here with your 1st world passports, here in Africa I'm surprised we dont use Beads to identify people,
but I will settle for ancient documents that are falling apart, at least its more reliable than Beads
 
R13... said:
I am with you here. I had my wallet pick pocketed couple of years ago. Both drivers and ID card lost in the process. A royal pain in the butt to sort out. I no longer carry them together.
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In theory your biometrics should now allow you to prove your identity if you lost both/all cards, but good luck getting it sorted at a bank branch/Home Affairs or whatever...

Edit: Two decades ago my car was stolen, with my ID in the boot (in the days when drivers licences were inside ID books). That was a cluster**** to sort out. The irony was that it was an election day, so when I phoned the police, I was told they are busy guarding all the polling booths!?
 
Ecco said:
It will be, its being prototyped by the department of home affairs. He was on the radio discussing this when it was launched, it will be no different to having the physical card.

Keep in mind, this is not the same as a photo you have of you card, you access the digital ID through an App.
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Sure, in the future. But not today. Let's hope the digital version is approved before the licence is invalidated
 
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