Can driving licence be used like a NRIC?

• jasmine17

  31 Jul 04, 12:32

  Can driving licence be used like a NRIC?
• the Bear

  31 Jul 04, 12:33

  not really..
  
  the NRIC is THE document for identification and the drivers' license is only to certify that you are allowed to drive or ride that vehicle...
  
• ahkico

  31 Jul 04, 12:48

  So best is tat u bring both along, esp when u drivin...
  
  Wait kena spot check, u don have ur licence wif u... Then very troublesome... Coz u will be expected to go to the nearest police station to report within 48hrs... etc...
  
  People usually check for identification, check for ic de... U tak out ur drivin licence, lik very funny?
• ditzy

  31 Jul 04, 13:15

  Quite nearly almost recognized.
• toyota_lover

  31 Jul 04, 14:22

  Originally posted by jasmine17:

  Can driving licence be used like a NRIC?

  NO you cant
• jasmine17

  4 Aug 04, 23:28

  ok
• wuming78

  4 Aug 04, 23:46

  Originally posted by jasmine17:

  Can driving licence be used like a NRIC?

  i am not sure if they store info inside the IC itself, but i think the answer is no.
  
  the license cannot be used as an IC, but it is sufficiently valid as a form of identifcation. hence sometimes i go out with only the license. anyway the foto on my license looks so much more like me than the one on my IC!
  
  
• HENG@

  4 Aug 04, 23:53

  always bring both
• w2k_83

  5 Aug 04, 00:40

  If for simple identification purposes, then yes... If u need it at the bank or for very official purposes, then the IC is required... I never bring my IC out, the driving license is sufficient if the police ever wanna check my ID on the streets and its enough for me to go clubbing
• noside

  5 Aug 04, 10:37

  i always juz bring my drving licencse for identification when i go out.
  even when i kena check during clubbing, i gave the police driving license aso can. Ur ic number is the most important to em. Tats wad they wan from u anyway.
  Lost license = $50 Lost IC = $100
  
  Unless something that need to verify ur address den i tink u will need ur IC liao.
• eutjin

  5 Aug 04, 10:39

  unless you're from down under
  
  for singapore context, No ..
• zenmaster

  5 Aug 04, 11:53

  some govt building dun accept driving licence for exchanging of pass. so better bring along both.