Reply to: Driving Licence Renewal

[SpontaneousOrder]

In my case my licence expired in September. it is still going through medical renewal. I still have the right to drive under some part of the rta because I have made the application.

The situation is similar with photocard. But the thing to be careful of is insurance. Most policys require holding a valid licence. Not juzt holding the right to drive.

That's where the term is too overloaded. Valid license means not expired (as in you're over 70), not revoked, valid for the particular vehicle, etc.

An of of date photo doesn't make it invalid. If it did you'd see warnings of it all over the place instead of only seeing warnings for £1000 fines. If your license was really invalid you'd end up with points on it - but an expired photo is not endorsable.

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

It is still a Blairist state. Wot happened to Mr Clegg's big bill to get rid of all those intrusions into liberty?

Not to mention the Bonfire of the Quangos

[eek]

A mumsnetmobile!

Yep. Keep suggesting other cars but she isn't interested

[Mich the Tester]

Nowt wrong with a hairdresser car, I bought it to get me from a to b not all the family, we have a Zafira to do that

A mumsnetmobile!

[eek]

Why? Do they refuse to drive hairdresser cars?

Nowt wrong with a hairdresser car, I bought it to get me from a to b not all the family, we have a Zafira to do that

[Ticktock]

Personally they are going nowhere near my 184bhp mini.....

Why? Do they refuse to drive hairdresser cars?

[eek]

I think you can get one on the day at the Lego Driving School

Driving School - LEGOLAND

The Eek jrs have those from a visit 4 years ago. They continually claim to be able to drive cars because of it....

Personally they are going nowhere near my 184bhp mini.....

[Mich the Tester]

Like another poster said, it's an ID card by the back door.

Neither do I like their threat of a £1000 fine if you don't renew on time. How dare they - what is this, a fascist state?

It is still a Blairist state. Wot happened to Mr Clegg's big bill to get rid of all those intrusions into liberty?

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Like another poster said, it's an ID card by the back door.

Neither do I like their threat of a £1000 fine if you don't renew on time. How dare they - what is this, a fascist state?

[ASB]

To be fair - you may be perfectly right is saying the 'license' expires, but in the context of NLUK's post/responses license == right to drive.

In my case my licence expired in September. it is still going through medical renewal. I still have the right to drive under some part of the rta because I have made the application.

The situation is similar with photocard. But the thing to be careful of is insurance. Most policys require holding a valid licence. Not juzt holding the right to drive.

[hyperD]

You just go to the post office, they take your photo and record your signature and then new photocard comes in the post a week later. It's not rocket science.

rocket engineering

[Wanderer]

You just go to the post office, they take your photo and record your signature and then new photocard comes in the post a week later. It's not rocket science.

[Sysman]

Still got the green paper one.

Which is good for at least another 10 years or so.

The Swiss authorities sent mine back to Swansea when I swapped it for a license here.

And sent them an accompanying letter in German.

I'd love to know what Swansea made of that.

I wasn't optimistic that they'd understand a word of it.

[mudskipper]

I think you can get one on the day at the Lego Driving School

Driving School - LEGOLAND

[darmstadt]

Still got the green paper one.

Which is good for at least another 10 years or so.

I have a double sized pink and green one with no photo and runs out in around 20 years. The address on it is also a c/o of where my brother used to live. Really should get it changed but when I get stopped by the police they take one look and just tell me to be on my way

I'm also entitled to drive categories K and L