Renewed driving license in the Netherlands starting the 1st of June 2002

Veendam, June 1st 2002
RDW

Starting the 1st of June 2002, the local authorities in the Netherlands will issue a renewed driving license. Although the renewed driving license strongly resembles the old one, there are a few differences. The renewals have been made to further improve the quality of the document and upgrade fraud prevention to the current state of the art.

The procedure for the issue of driving licenses by the municipalities will not be changed. It will continue to follow the principle "ready while you wait".

The renewals:

The different forms of road furnishings, such as a traffic sign, traffic light, zebra crossing and warning triangle, have been removed from the driving license.
The leaf metal at the top of the driving license is silver instead of gold-coloured.
The driving license number is perforated through the leaf metal by means of laser technology.
In addition to the photo and personal data, the category data are covered by plastic foil.

Besides these clearly visible alterations, other, less visible alterations have been made. Among other things, different inks have been used. These are better able to withstand, for example the effect of sunlight.

You can find more information about the renewed driving license at www.rdw.nl.

Infomation for editors.

For questions, you can turn to Bert Siepel of the Communications Section of the RDW Vehicle Technology and Information Centre, telephone +31 598 69 96 33.

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Renewed driving license in the Netherlands starting the 1st of June 2002

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