New AB drivers license design.

[16hypen3sp]

What do you guys think? Supposed to save the AB gov $1 million annually.

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loca...-albertosaurus

[Disoblige]

Cool I suppose, might as well make it fun if we're going to save money regardless.

[Xtrema]

Why 2 pictures?

[Disoblige]

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Why 2 pictures?

We have 2 pictures on our current one too though.

[schocker]

I would say more ugly than the proposed licence plate last time. I do like dinosaurs though.

[EK 2.0]

I feel like we just got these current ones recently no??....

[FraserB]

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I feel like we just got these current ones recently no??....

2009 apparently.

Hopefully these are out in November when I need to renew mine.

[Thaco]

wonder if i will get the new one, i doubt it, just renewed last week, should be here shortly.

[D'z Nutz]

I still remember the paper driver's licenses so the current ones still seem kinda new and flashy to me

[BerserkerCatSplat]

I'm shocked they still haven't integrated the Alberta Health Cards into the ID to save us having to carry around that stupid piece of flimsy, worthless crap.

That being said, fuck yeah dinosaurs. Let me have a license plate with that on it.

[ExtraSlow]

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I'm shocked they still haven't integrated the Alberta Health Cards into the ID to save us having to carry around that stupid piece of flimsy, worthless crap.

That being said, fuck yeah dinosaurs. Let me have a license plate with that on it.

+1 and +1.

[03ozwhip]

Are they circulating right now? I have to renew end of this month, I'd like a new one, they're fun lol

[AndyL]

Wtf why don't they incorporate the AHS card like Ontario and BC and... You've got to dig both out at the doctor's anyway, it's ridiculous.

[Crazyjoker77]

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Why 2 pictures?

Its hard to tell from the picture but I'm sure its like the federal driver licenses and the one on the right is actually over a clear window. Its a security feature so that the can hold it up over your face and match the basic bio-metric markers up.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Xtrema]

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We have 2 pictures on our current one too though.

Did I get a fake one? Only 1 pic on mine.

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I'm shocked they still haven't integrated the Alberta Health Cards into the ID to save us having to carry around that stupid piece of flimsy, worthless crap.

That being said, fuck yeah dinosaurs. Let me have a license plate with that on it.

AHS card is for life. DL is 5 years only.

AHS is for everyone. DL is for drivers only.

So unless you want to spend more $ on a provincial ID system, I have no problem with these 2 systems being separate.

If you hate that piece of paper, laminate it. I don't think I had a new AHS card for over a decade or more and I already signed the organ donor portion on it as well. So the DL one is just redundant.

[jwslam]

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Did I get a fake one? Only 1 pic on mine.

Hologram on the back

[Xtrema]

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Hologram on the back

Well. Never knew.

[Thaco]

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Did I get a fake one? Only 1 pic on mine.




AHS card is for life. DL is 5 years only.

AHS is for everyone. DL is for drivers only.

So unless you want to spend more $ on a provincial ID system, I have no problem with these 2 systems being separate.

If you hate that piece of paper, laminate it. I don't think I had a new AHS card for over a decade or more and I already signed the organ donor portion on it as well. So the DL one is just redundant.

i just took a pic with my phone, its always been good enough, one time one lady said they need the actual card *next time*, i have been back to that clinic several times since with my photo and its been fine.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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AHS card is for life. DL is 5 years only.

AHS is for everyone. DL is for drivers only.

So unless you want to spend more $ on a provincial ID system, I have no problem with these 2 systems being separate.

If you hate that piece of paper, laminate it. I don't think I had a new AHS card for over a decade or more and I already signed the organ donor portion on it as well. So the DL one is just redundant.

DL gets renewed every 5 years, yes. Not sure why that makes it less capable for AHS integration (see: other provinces that integrate them with 5-yr DLs)

Alberta ID is for everyone, not just drivers. The province is more than happy to issue you with a photo ID, just without the driving endorsement. The provincial ID system is already in place, so no cost concerns there.