As a UK citizen, I'd rather that we didn't need a universal ID for those things. If we assume that driving licences are a sane system for safety reasons, I'd p

As a UK citizen, I'd rather that we didn't need a universal ID for those things. If we assume that driving licences are a sane system for safety reasons, I'd prefer a system in which I can show that I am the person that took the driving test, but not that this is the same person that lives at 74 Fake Street or that has bank account number XYZ. So basically, I'd rather it be rowed back. Why would I want to be required to carry identification when wandering about outside? What possible benefit could that afford me? From my perspective it's a pure negative, I generally try to avoid things that fall into that category. Generally I'd say "less information if at all necessary". There are obviously situations in which people need to be identified. If I use my car to smash into someone and then do a runner, and so the police need to find me to punish me, I want that to be a process that's governed by controls e.g. they can run the licence plate and find out it's my car, but only when they have real reason to do so and not just because road tax receipts will increase by a marginal amount if we blanket all of the roads in automated cameras and send fines to everyone.