I just checked mine and it expired last August. Whoops
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/renew-driving-licence
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/renew-driving-licence
Expired photocard licence?
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Expired photocard licence?
ohh driving without a licence :bang:
If you have had a passport issued in the last 5 years you can do it on line
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyC/DG_193809
If you have had a passport issued in the last 5 years you can do it on line
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyC/DG_193809
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ohh driving without a licence :bang:
If you have had a passport issued in the last 5 years you can do it on line
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Motoringtransactions/BeforeyouapplyC/DG_193809
My passport is 8 years old so not an option.
Didn't the DVLA send you a form? i got one about a month before mine expired?
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No they didnt and there is no way I would have ignored it if they did, I dont take chances when it comes to driving and keeping it all legal. I wouldnt have had a clue if I hadnt been on that website looking for something else.
"1.7 million photocards are now out of date "
should't they be running a national add to remind people then, or are they wanting all the money they can raise in fines
should't they be running a national add to remind people then, or are they wanting all the money they can raise in fines
Yes be careful of that - mine ran out too - and I didn't find out until I went to a rental place and they wouldn't give me a car
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I'm ok until 2013 . I've set a reminder in my google calendar which syncs to my desire and any other android phone I subsequently purchase .
. I've set a reminder in my google calendar which syncs to my desire and any other android phone I subsequently purchase .
mine is 2018, fuel will probably be £2.50 a ltr by then an no one will need a licence anyway as they wont be able to afford to drive
When did they chance the valid to date then. Mine is valid for 53 years.
Thats just when your licence is Valid to not your photocard. This needs renewing to keep the picture up to date I think, mine expires in 2018.
In these specific circumstances thats not as serious as it sounds. If caught, the offence would be "driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence where you could be covered". Which carries a small fine, no points and does not invalidate your insurance.
Important to distinguish this from the other sort of driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence which covers people who drive on a provisional with no L plates or supervising driver.
Those cases do carry points and may invalidate your insurance depending on the wording of your policy.
As I don't have the photocard I know not what I'm on about but surely the photocard is simply a driver's identity card? Is the paper licence not valid without the card alongside it? After all, the older paper licence is valid for donkeys years.
And I suppose we are charged a small fortune every time the photocard needs renewing?
Yet another way to squeeze the honest motorist for more cash
And I suppose we are charged a small fortune every time the photocard needs renewing?
Yet another way to squeeze the honest motorist for more cash
I've still got a paper one so i don't need to worry about my licence expiring :nerner:
I've still got my little red book - although they did send me a pink bit of paper when I moved house.
I've got my little red book as well but I think you will find that these were issued by local county authorities and required periodic renewing.
i see on police interceptors that photo id does work, they pulled a bloke who was trying to say he was 60 when he was 42, they thought he didn't look 60 and he couldn't remember his dob. so they called it in and a motorbike cop arrived with a printout of the photo licence matching the name given, different bloke in photo, guy borrowed uncles car and was trying to say he was the uncle.
uncles fiat brava got impounded £500 to release
uncles fiat brava got impounded £500 to release
I saw this the other night, pulled him due to petrol flap not staying closed.
that was just the excuse i reckon, they cant say we are going to pull him because he looks dodgy,
Yeah if they could do that DAVE wouldn't make it anywhere
