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Prawo Jazdy: Ireland’s Worst Driver
The Irish Times recently wrote about Prawo Jazdy; Ireland’s worst driver, who has amassed dozens of speeding fines and parking tickets, managing to evade the law without any convictions.
On closer inspection, and using data from the police’s Garda Pulse system, Prawo Jazdy was found to have 50 separate entries, all at different addresses.
Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish word for “Driving License”.
Although a funny story, and one that has quickly spread across the web, it raises serious issues about the use of global identity documents when verifying an identity.
If police in Ireland did not know the layout of a driving license, and recorded the wrong name, will your staff know any different?
Companies that ask for document ID at the point of account opening need to have the confidence to know that their staff are able to accurately verify a driving license, or passport, visa or other ID document. Documents are often asked for as proof of id where a financial or payment account is created; for example in online gambling, or for opening a savings account online.
If staff are not trained to know what to look for, they can often record the wrong details or accept a fraudulent, fake document.
This can also be a problem for agencies carrying out recruitment checks. Staff checks are required as proof of right to work in the UK, however often recruitment companies simply rely on their staff to know whether an id document is genuine or not.
192business provide solutions for ID document checks, whereby staff can enter the details of a passport or driving license, and receive an instant verification. Using an ID check system means that staff can have more confidence in their decisions and avoids putting unnecessary pressure on employees to make the right decision.
Find out more about Document Verification here.
24th March 2009
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