I am going as lightweight as possible at the moment, and everything in my EDC is used every day, with the exception of the laminated ARC, which is included as foreigners are legally required to carry some form of ID and I like to leave my original ARC at home, so it’s safe.
IIRC it is one or the other, not both. In practice, I don’t think a police officer would care if you had the original or a copy. All they care about is being able to scan the barcode on the back with their PDA thing so they can check the validity. I’m not comfortable carrying the original everyday and a copy is far better than nothing.
Unless you’re really prone to losing stuff, I don’t see the point of making a laminated copy though?
Aren’t lost ARCs trivial to replace with a visit to NIA and a nominal fee of several hundred TWD? I can see why this would be worthwhile for a passport though, which can be expensive and a pain to replace while abroad.
I am prone to losing stuff actually, but another reason is my wife often needs my ARC when getting anything related to our daughter done. For example, our daughter’s bank account, or anything at the household registration office; they usually want to see both parents’ ID cards. I also like having all my important documents at home in a fire proof safe ready to go in case of an emergency.
Daggers, swords, throwing knifes, switchblades, concealed blades and blades sharpened on both sides are a no-no. I’m not sure about utility knifes but I’d stick with one that doesn’t lock in place and becomes fixed when opened. Swiss army knifes should be ok.
You shouldn’t be in too much trouble if you don’t wield it around in the MRT and keep it in your bag.
Protip: If you keep your knife in your backpack and almost never take it out, make sure to take it out before taking an airplane, to avoid purchasing another one. This definitely never happened to me though…
There is a pandemic abroad, but no epidemic at home.
I use ethanol when I get to work and arrive home, but don’t carry it with me anymore since no cases here. If we started seeing locally transmitted cases again then I would start carrying it again. I would also buy one of those copper hook things that people have in the States for opening doors, as well as switch to an N95 mask.
