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Yep, from the UK and remember all the fearmongering about ID cards being like a step back towards Nazi Germany and being asked to show your papers on the street
by ljm 3y ago
Yep, from the UK and remember all the fearmongering about ID cards being like a step back towards Nazi Germany and being asked to show your papers on the streets and all that.
I think the real reason was that it sounded like it’d cost £60 (or close to that) per ID, which is pretty damn expensive when it’s mandatory. Most of that money would have been sunk into the black hole that is the IT consultancy industry in the UK, with literally no guarantee of a working solution being built.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoI mean, a friend of mine was recently travelling through the Netherlands and asked some police officers for directions, but because he didn't have ID with him he was arrested and put in a cell overnight.
- ljm 3y agoBut this story lacks detail so either you can immediately jump to the conclusion that the police in the Netherlands are asking people for ID on the streets when they ask for directions, or you can maybe assume that your friend wasn’t being honest with you and was trying to save face, or something else entirely was going on. Usually when you travel you keep at least one form of ID on you - probably not your passport but a local ID or driving license or something.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoThe salient detail is that he was arrested for not presenting his ID, which was in his where he was staying for the night. He didn't know that the NL requires it to always be carried. You may assume anything you like indeed.