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Would there be any way for similar protections to come to digital auto insurance cards?

Why would you need that? Insurance cards have zero security on them anyways. There's no standard format for paper cards as is is. All I have ever had is a piece of paper that I ran off on my printer, and it says "EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE" in Times New Roman and lists off a bunch of crap that the police can't verify. Some states, having a card is pointless, because if you lose your policy, the state finds out and already has record of it.

In Hawaii, insurance cards are printed on special paper and must be mailed by your insurer. Printed PDFs or copies aren't accepted.

I would like the same ability to transmit the information with the phone in lockdown, in a way that the police would understand due to the system being the same.

It was not a comment about whether cards are standard. I do need to be able to present a policy number the police look up in my state.

It's such an unusual concept to me that you guys still need to show insurance/registration documents when being pulled over.

Ditch the concept entirely, no need for proof of insurance - either in physical card or digital form.

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