Originally Posted by
JamesEaston
People are routinely arrested for crossing, or attempting to cross, between Schengen countries without an ID, but even though you are required by law to have your passport/national ID card with you at all times in all or nearly all Schengen countries, if you keep it in the hotel safe the worse that happens is they bring you to your hotel (and in some countries fine you up to 50Euros or local equivalent).
You are making it sound like it could and does happen to anyone, getting arrested for crossing between Schengen countries without an ID. That is simply not true. I don't care about the little arguments about the legal interpretations, but I wouldn't want anyone reading this to think they would get arrested for innocently crossing a Schengen border without their non-EU passport. That simply will not happen unless lightening strikes you.