For years issuing authorities have done their best to see that the credentials meant to convey driving privilege and the associated holder had the desired level of function and integrity.  For most of the planet those efforts have gone about as far as they can go given the limitations and constraints that accompany being dependent on solely a physical document.  The most significant progress for the past decade has all centered around what can be accomplished in an electronic sense and this has transcended just the driver license community and has been a common trait across identification efforts.  Thanks to eID programs around the globe and progress being made in the standardization development arena we now have the first significant wedge into a new era – one that tackles and solves many of the pain-points we currently endure, especially in the driver licensing world.  With the advent of a mobile driver license (mDL) we have now provided relief to those that must sort out the trustworthiness of the credentials that they interact with, have better confidence that the holder is in fact the one that should be in possession of the mDL, and significantly increased the ability to protect the holder’s privacy by putting more control over the release of information into their hands.