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Have your checked your driving licence recently?
A colleague of mine has just been charged with driving without a licence. He is 51 and assumed his licence lasted til 65. HOWEVER, the plastic card portion of the new style licence has an expiry date that bears no relation to your age limit. his ran out in January. You get no reminder from DVLA. Checked mine and Ive only 4 months left to run.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.i to was caught out with this in january, got stopped at a vehicle checkpoint and because i didn't have my wallet that day i didn't have my license so the officer ran a check on my license and it came back that it had expired.
not only was that a shock to the system i then got my car impounded and the other half had to go to the local police station, get her insurance and license checked and had to pay £150 to get the car back and all of this because my photocard license had expired a month earlier!
The thing that really annoyed me was i'd lost my license and got a new one 2 months earlier so you would of thought they could of just renewed it then
oh yes and i'm in court in August charged with driving without a license
not only was that a shock to the system i then got my car impounded and the other half had to go to the local police station, get her insurance and license checked and had to pay £150 to get the car back and all of this because my photocard license had expired a month earlier!
The thing that really annoyed me was i'd lost my license and got a new one 2 months earlier so you would of thought they could of just renewed it then
oh yes and i'm in court in August charged with driving without a license
"The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will send you a renewal application pack two months before your photo is due to expire."
It is not a simple matter of extending the licence as it is the photo that has to be replaced after ten years. If a licence has been lost, the period can not be extended until a new photo is provided.
It is not a simple matter of extending the licence as it is the photo that has to be replaced after ten years. If a licence has been lost, the period can not be extended until a new photo is provided.
sara
no...just lots of warm clothes!
Chuckfickens
I guess alot of people just stash the licence away and assume it will probably outlast most of us, or until you need incontinance pants!
Clearly we should all take a leaf out of your book.
Incidenatlly DVLA are not obliged to send out renewal pack for the plastic portion. The paper part lasts way beyond the plastic and that is what they will follow up.
no...just lots of warm clothes!
Chuckfickens
I guess alot of people just stash the licence away and assume it will probably outlast most of us, or until you need incontinance pants!
Clearly we should all take a leaf out of your book.
Incidenatlly DVLA are not obliged to send out renewal pack for the plastic portion. The paper part lasts way beyond the plastic and that is what they will follow up.
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