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Where I live if you are under 21 your ID is portrait instead of landscape so you can tell just by the orientation of the picture.
Thats really cool, solutionwise!
Do you get a new ID when you hit 21? My ID was the same from 17 to 19, and 18 is the drinking/smoking age here.
Well the vast majority of people get a drivers license at 16 here, though you can get an ID at any time if you don’t want to go through the driving test.
The portrait cards have a red box that says “Under 18 until: (date)” and a yellow box that says “Under 21 until: (date)”.
Regardless of which kind you have they expire every four years so because most people got them at 16 most people get a new one at 20. I would say it’s 50/50 after that on people who wait for the portrait card to expire vs people who pay the fee early to have the landscape at 21. I was impatient and had mine renewed early.
Fair enough, my licence was 17 for Ls, 18 for Ps and then just full, I was a year late getting it because cbf.
Do all your licences only last 4 years? I renewed my car licence for 10 years here, but the details aren't going to change in that time because it was a full licence anyway.
It varies by state I think, I’ve only had a license in the state I currently live and it has always expired in 4 years.