Don't hold your breath
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
"The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
start to be introduced in 2013."

"The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."
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Martin

hold your breath martin eats eels
 

very interesting now get back to bed

"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    > "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip,
    > will
    > start to be introduced in 2013."
    > "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."
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    > Martin
    >

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:54:00 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    >"The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    >start to be introduced in 2013."

Only 8 years? I guess terrorism fears are making them work overtime.
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Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:51:23 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

    >On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:54:00 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    >>"The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    >>start to be introduced in 2013."
    >Only 8 years? I guess terrorism fears are making them work overtime.

That's the start date, which will slip by five years, end date for the
introduction was 2032, by which time the EU will have fallen apart, oil will
have run out and we won't need driving licences.
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Martin

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

Martin wrote:
    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    > "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    > start to be introduced in 2013."
    >
    > "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."

If I'm even still alive then, I seriously doubt whether
they'll allow me to drive!

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

Thanks for posting this link Martin.

I have a Dutch, a German, and a Michigan USA driver's license. My
Michigan DL has been a credit card style with photo for years. The back
side has a magnetic strip and a bar code, plus medical alert and organ
donor data in case I end up as a slab of meat on the highway. I had
forgotten how awkward the Dutch and German DLs were in comparison to
ours in the USA.

It's interesting that there will be a single EU license. In the USA
every state issues it's own DLs. When you move to another state you
must change your driver''s license and your auto registration.

John Bermont
http://www.enjoy-europe.com/


Martin wrote:
    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    > "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    > start to be introduced in 2013."
    > "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."
    > --
    >
    > Martin

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

at last the first realistic post for years
Anyway completely uninteresting, this lady wants us to share parts of her
life ??!!


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le
message de news: [email protected]...
    > Martin wrote:
    >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    >> "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip,
    >> will
    >> start to be introduced in 2013."
    >> "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."
    > If I'm even still alive then, I seriously doubt whether they'll allow me
    > to drive!
    >

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

Martin schreef:

    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    > "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    > start to be introduced in 2013."
    > "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."

What year will the brain-dead idiots in The Hague town hall learn about
it? They still don't know the procedure for getting a *Dutch* licence!

B;

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On 14 Dec 2006 23:52:36 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    >Martin schreef:
    >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    >> "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    >> start to be introduced in 2013."
    >> "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."
    >What year will the brain-dead idiots in The Hague town hall learn about
    >it? They still don't know the procedure for getting a *Dutch* licence!

Put it in your Blog :-)
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Martin

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On 14 Dec 2006 18:47:00 -0800, "John Bermont" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Thanks for posting this link Martin.
    >I have a Dutch, a German, and a Michigan USA driver's license. My
    >Michigan DL has been a credit card style with photo for years. The back
    >side has a magnetic strip and a bar code, plus medical alert and organ
    >donor data in case I end up as a slab of meat on the highway. I had
    >forgotten how awkward the Dutch and German DLs were in comparison to
    >ours in the USA.
    >It's interesting that there will be a single EU license. In the USA
    >every state issues it's own DLs. When you move to another state you
    >must change your driver''s license and your auto registration.

I doubt if some of us will be around to have the benefit of an EU credit card
license. Take Jeremy for example.
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Martin

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:24:05 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Martin wrote:
    >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6180617.stm
    >> "The credit card-style licence, with photograph and possibly a microchip, will
    >> start to be introduced in 2013."
    >>
    >> "The phasing in of the new licence will be completed by 2032."
    >If I'm even still alive then, I seriously doubt whether
    >they'll allow me to drive!

That is exactly what I thought, about myself not you. :-)
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Martin

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

Martin schreef:

    > On 14 Dec 2006 18:47:00 -0800, "John Bermont" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >Thanks for posting this link Martin.
    > >
    > >I have a Dutch, a German, and a Michigan USA driver's license. My
    > >Michigan DL has been a credit card style with photo for years. The back
    > >side has a magnetic strip and a bar code, plus medical alert and organ
    > >donor data in case I end up as a slab of meat on the highway. I had
    > >forgotten how awkward the Dutch and German DLs were in comparison to
    > >ours in the USA.
    > >
    > >It's interesting that there will be a single EU license. In the USA
    > >every state issues it's own DLs. When you move to another state you
    > >must change your driver''s license and your auto registration.
    > I doubt if some of us will be around to have the benefit of an EU credit card
    > license. Take Jeremy for example.

If I'm still alive to apply for it in 2032 I doubt if I'll be alive
when the Cloggies actually get round to sending me one. For now I'm
clinging to my credit card size UK licence.

Note to John: even NL now has "credit card" style licences.

B;

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On 15 Dec 2006 02:23:40 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    >Martin schreef:
    >> On 14 Dec 2006 18:47:00 -0800, "John Bermont" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> >Thanks for posting this link Martin.
    >> >
    >> >I have a Dutch, a German, and a Michigan USA driver's license. My
    >> >Michigan DL has been a credit card style with photo for years. The back
    >> >side has a magnetic strip and a bar code, plus medical alert and organ
    >> >donor data in case I end up as a slab of meat on the highway. I had
    >> >forgotten how awkward the Dutch and German DLs were in comparison to
    >> >ours in the USA.
    >> >
    >> >It's interesting that there will be a single EU license. In the USA
    >> >every state issues it's own DLs. When you move to another state you
    >> >must change your driver''s license and your auto registration.
    >> I doubt if some of us will be around to have the benefit of an EU credit card
    >> license. Take Jeremy for example.
    >If I'm still alive to apply for it in 2032 I doubt if I'll be alive
    >when the Cloggies actually get round to sending me one. For now I'm
    >clinging to my credit card size UK licence.
    >Note to John: even NL now has "credit card" style licences.

Since when? I had a new license in 2000 and it is the cheap pink paper version
that falls apart, however my Dutch boat license is credit card sized and type.
AFAIR the boat licenses, which you have to carry on you when in charge of a fast
boat, jetski or very large boat, turned into a soggy mess too often.
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Martin

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

Martin schreef:

    > On 15 Dec 2006 02:23:40 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    > >Note to John: even NL now has "credit card" style licences.
    > Since when? I had a new license in 2000 and it is the cheap pink paper version
    > that falls apart, however my Dutch boat license is credit card sized and type.
    > AFAIR the boat licenses, which you have to carry on you when in charge of a fast
    > boat, jetski or very large boat, turned into a soggy mess too often.

Since this last October, IIRC.

B;

Re: Don't hold your breath
 

On 15 Dec 2006 02:37:39 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    >Martin schreef:
    >> On 15 Dec 2006 02:23:40 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
    >> >Note to John: even NL now has "credit card" style licences.
    >> Since when? I had a new license in 2000 and it is the cheap pink paper version
    >> that falls apart, however my Dutch boat license is credit card sized and type.
    >> AFAIR the boat licenses, which you have to carry on you when in charge of a fast
    >> boat, jetski or very large boat, turned into a soggy mess too often.
    >Since this last October, IIRC.

Dare I try to exchange my current one?
I think I mentioned the Dutch boat license, that had to be renewed at least a
month before I was 65? I renewed a paper one 5 weeks before I was 65 and
received a new credit card sized one that expired 3 weeks after I received it. I
wasn't at all surprised. Boat licenses have to be renewed every two years when
you are an OAP but not car licenses. It's funny old cloggy world.
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Martin