What to Do If You Forget to Bring Your Driver's License When Stopped by Traffic Police?
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When stopped by traffic police and you don't have your driver's license with you, you only need to provide your vehicle registration certificate and your ID card. If it is found that you don't have a driver's license, you might be detained for up to 15 days. Below are specific details about driver's licenses: 1. Introduction: A driver's license (full name: Motor Vehicle Driver's License) is a document issued by the government's transportation department to individuals who are qualified to drive, usually in the form of a card. To obtain a driver's license, one must meet the minimum age requirement and pass a driving qualification test. 2. Validity Period: If a driver does not accumulate 12 penalty points in any scoring cycle during the six-year validity period of their motor vehicle driver's license, they can renew it for a ten-year validity period. If they do not accumulate 12 penalty points in any scoring cycle during the ten-year validity period, they can renew it for a long-term valid motor vehicle driver's license.
I ran into this issue last month when I was in a hurry to go out and forgot my driver's license, only to be stopped by traffic police. Nowadays, the traffic police handle such cases quite flexibly. As long as you have the electronic driver's license in the Traffic Management 12123 app on your phone, they can scan the QR code to verify your identity. Even if you don’t have the electronic license, it’s no big deal—just provide your ID number, and they can check your license status using their police terminal. Nowadays, they rarely impound the vehicle on the spot; at most, they’ll issue a ticket for not carrying your driver's license, which is a 100-yuan fine and 1 penalty point. As long as you bring your physical license to the traffic police station within 15 days, they usually waive the penalty point and only require you to pay the fine. Lastly, a friendly reminder: it’s best to bind your electronic driver's license in the 12123 app in advance!
