7 ways life will change if you don't link Aadhaar with driving licence
Aadhaar is like that cold you catch during the changing seasons. No matter how hard you try, what precautions you take; you will end up with it. And you will suffer. In that spirit, consider this: if you have, as of yet, successfully managed to avoid connecting your phone numbers, bank accounts, ration cards, the household Tulsi plant and your soul with the dreaded unique ID, worry no more - you will now have to try and dodge getting it linked with your driving licence.
As per reports, the government is in the process of working on a software that will link driving licences with the holder’s Aadhaar number. This development was conveyed by the Centre to the Supreme Court on February 8. But why? Well, according to the National Informatics Centre, the department in charge of developing the “Sarthi-4” software, this will help weed out fake licences from the system.
Sure, that may be the official excuse. But as is evident from a pattern displayed by the present government, the real reason behind linking Aadhaar with driving licence is that it cares for us very, very much. And if you try and run away from such care, you just might get into trouble. Here, are the seven things that you might have to face if you don’t link your car steering wheel driving licence with the UID:
1. You won’t get to go to space in a cool car with Elon Musk.
2. You will always be charged at 3x surge on Uber. You can check, it’s written in the Aadhaar Act.
3. You will be legally obligated to have your girlfriend’s father or her ultra-muscular elder brother as an awkward third-wheel and chaperone on all dates. And they will ask you about your salary every time.
4. If you don’t connect your Aadhaar with your driving licence, you automatically sign up as Salman Khan’s proxy chauffeur.
5. You will not be allowed to buy Hot Weels collectibles, without at least furnishing proof that you have applied for an Aadhaar card.
6. Your car stereo will play the national anthem on a loop until you scan your Aadhaar QR code in the car biometric scanner - something that will become mandatory. Think of it this way: You can't sit while the national anthem is on. You can't drive while standing unless you own a Jeep and are a DJ from Rang De Basanti.
7. The final downside of not linking your Aadhaar with driving licence is that you, and there is no doubt about this one, will have to pay for fuel in NDA-era prices, while all your intelligent friends who will link it, will pay for fuel in UPA-era prices.
What are you even waiting for? Next time a cop catches you for speeding or jumping the signal, just show him your Aadhaar card instead of your driving licence. He is duty-bound to let you go.