Can you recommend a maildrop?

[realityhack]

That melody will follow me all day now.

[chicane]

My driving license is still under that address and I haven't lived there for years, I'll sort it one of these days when I pick up some points.

Not to mention a fine of up to 1 grand.

If you have one of those old paper-only licences (like I did until recently), you can apply for a photocard licence online, and it doesn't cost anything. They can even take the photo from your passport record.

[Advocate]

That melody will follow me all day now.

WHS,

thanks for f**kin' up my day...

[rootsnall]

Not to mention a fine of up to 1 grand.

If you have one of those old paper-only licences (like I did until recently), you can apply for a photocard licence online, and it doesn't cost anything. They can even take the photo from your passport record.

I know all that, I made an effort to apply online but the DVLA site repeatedly fell over and I gave up. I then filled in the paper form but it never left the filing system !

[NickFitz]

My driving license is still under that address and I haven't lived there for years, I'll sort it one of these days when I pick up some points.

Not to mention a fine of up to 1 grand.

I know all that, I made an effort to apply online but the DVLA site repeatedly fell over and I gave up. I then filled in the paper form but it never left the filing system !

A cautionary tale: last year some twonk reversed into the side of my car (denting it pretty badly) when it was parked out the back of the house (shared parking area for residents). As they'd left traces of their distinctive paintwork, and I could thus identify the vehicle if was parked out there again, I was advised to make an accident report to the Police.

The nice lady on the desk took all the details, and then gave me a producer - "standard procedure when a collision is reported"

Thinking quickly, I explained that my licence was at DVLA having the address changed (a job I'd been putting off for three years), so she told me to produce the other documents within the required time, and bring the licence in when it arrived. I got the licence in the post as soon as I got home

When the licence turned up I took it in. Ahead of me was a girl who'd been giving a producer after being stopped for a moving traffic offence. She had her photocard, but said she hadn't been able to find the paper bit of the licence. She was told that as she'd already committed one offence she'd now also be reported for failing to produce and, despite pleading for a bit more time to hunt for it, was shown the door.

I then produced my belated licence, and they simply tidied up the remaining paperwork and thanked me.

Moral: if you're an innocent party who needs to produce their documents, the Police will turn a blind eye to any delay caused by having to bring your licence up to date. If you're not innocent, you'll cop for the additional offence - no leeway.

If I was you, I'd get that form in the post tonight.

[rootsnall]

If I was you, I'd get that form in the post tonight.

What's another month or two after all these years !