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There is going to be a rough transition. Suppose I live in Oklahoma, which accepts driver's licenses in Apply Wallet. So I leave my physical driver's license at
by jostmey 5y ago
There is going to be a rough transition. Suppose I live in Oklahoma, which accepts driver's licenses in Apply Wallet. So I leave my physical driver's license at home. Later my friend in Texas calls, so I cross state lines and the police pull me over. Now I don't have a license the police will accept?
- ArchOversight 5y agoWhy wouldn't the police accept a legal document that is valid for the state you received your drivers license in? Police in Texas also will happily accept a drivers license from out of the country in whatever form that happens to be. Same way I can travel around Europe with my US drivers license...
- caterama 5y agoA valid license is a valid license? Whether or not rural cops are aware is a different issue. I'm also curious how it will work to hand over "license and registration" info. Traditionally, you give them your physical license, they might go back to their vehicle with it, and come back after several minutes. No way I'm giving them my phone! Until the technology is ubiquitous, people will have to carry the physical copy like normal. If it becomes ubiquitous, it should become ubiquitous in tandem with something like a handheld scanner the police brings to your window. Will it ever completely replace the physical copy? I doubt it... Apple Pay has been out for 6 years now and not all point of sale terminals accept it. It's hard to know beforehand which places accept. Not to mention that phones run out of battery and can get misplaced. Redundancy is good.