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Check Your Drivers Licence!
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Heard this from Martin Lewis . I had no idea your plastic drivers licence has a renewal date. Because of Covid they have extended everyones renewal date by 12 months. I had a look at mine and it ran out in October 2020! There is a fine of up to £1000 if you are found carrying an out of date licence.
To be clear this is just your pink photo card that goes out of date, not your actual licence, which I believe is valid until your 65th Birthday.
To be clear this is just your pink photo card that goes out of date, not your actual licence, which I believe is valid until your 65th Birthday.
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12:11 Thu 20th May 2021
Martin Lewis always over cooks things, yes your driving licence needs to be in order/ correct but I've never heard of anyone having a fine of £1000, not even people who continually offend.
I did read a few weeks back that DVL themselves have been sending out licences that had no end of mistakes on them even though they had been provided with the correct details. So I checked mine, and yes they have on mine it appears I'm a year younger. :0)
I did read a few weeks back that DVL themselves have been sending out licences that had no end of mistakes on them even though they had been provided with the correct details. So I checked mine, and yes they have on mine it appears I'm a year younger. :0)
Martin Lewis's empire makes regular forays into motoring law issues which they declare as "surprising", "little known" or "new laws", none of which is usually true.
They (along with many other sources) made a complete hash of what they called "new speeding laws" in April 2017, when they declared that thousands of drivers face draconian fines and bans for speeding. All that had happened was that there was a slight change to Magistrates' sentencing guidelines for the most serious of the cases which were dealt with in court. There were no new laws, no new procedures and no changes to the fixed penalty system under which the vast majority of speeding offences are dealt with. But it made good copy.
So with this. Photocards have always only been valid for ten years. Very few people are penalised if they fail to renew their photocard. Although the maximum penalty is a fine of £1,000, it is usually dealt with by way of a fixed penalty of £100. The expiry of a photocard does not cancel the licence holders entitlement to drive which, unless restricted for medical reasons, lasts until the holder is 70.
They (along with many other sources) made a complete hash of what they called "new speeding laws" in April 2017, when they declared that thousands of drivers face draconian fines and bans for speeding. All that had happened was that there was a slight change to Magistrates' sentencing guidelines for the most serious of the cases which were dealt with in court. There were no new laws, no new procedures and no changes to the fixed penalty system under which the vast majority of speeding offences are dealt with. But it made good copy.
So with this. Photocards have always only been valid for ten years. Very few people are penalised if they fail to renew their photocard. Although the maximum penalty is a fine of £1,000, it is usually dealt with by way of a fixed penalty of £100. The expiry of a photocard does not cancel the licence holders entitlement to drive which, unless restricted for medical reasons, lasts until the holder is 70.
According to the DVLA website they are supposed to send a form D46P 90 days before your 70th birthday so you can renew. I never received this. Maybe because of the following:
"If your licence expired between 1 February and 31 December 2020
your driving licence or entitlement to drive in the UK was automatically extended for 11 months. This is because of coronavirus (COVID-19)."
"If your licence expired between 1 February and 31 December 2020
your driving licence or entitlement to drive in the UK was automatically extended for 11 months. This is because of coronavirus (COVID-19)."
I got my first 'pink' card in 2013 with a photo on it. Apparently it was illegal in the UK to just have the old paper one -which we wtill have of course.
On the licence it clearly states 'expiry Oct 2020' I will be 63 in June, that is no secret. OH got his 'pink card' at the same time and his expiry date is the same as mine -he is 62.
Hopefully this will explain
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On the licence it clearly states 'expiry Oct 2020' I will be 63 in June, that is no secret. OH got his 'pink card' at the same time and his expiry date is the same as mine -he is 62.
Hopefully this will explain
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