No More Paper Insurance Card — What If Your Phone Dies at a Checkpoint?

Digital motor insurance cards went live nationwide this month. Old printed certificates stay valid until they expire, but new and renewed policies are going digital by default, checked through *1338#, an SMS to 1338, or a QR scan instead of the little paper disc tucked in your wallet. The case for it: no more faded, torn or lost cards, harder to forge than paper, and police can verify instantly without calling anyone. The case against: try explaining a dead battery, a cracked screen or zero signal to a traffic officer in the rain, and a screenshot of an expired policy looks exactly like a valid one unless the checker actually dials in. Older vehicle owners without smartphones are stuck depending on someone else's phone. Has anyone actually been checked this way yet — did *1338# work on the spot, or did the officer just wave you through anyway? And if you still carry the old printed card as backup, is that actually allowed now or just habit? මෙතනින් කාඩ් එක පත්තු වෙන්නෙ නැත්නම් මොකද කරන්නේ කියලා අත්දැකීම් share කරන්න.