[Kosh]

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:23 pm  

Just checked and I've got a year left on mine. I'm sure I'd have missed the renewal date and I've only got as long as I have because I changed it last time I moved house. You would think that reminders would be sent out though.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:25 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Photo driving licences came out about 14 years ago. By law, you MUST renew the photo every 10 years. Apparently, they don't send out reminders. ( ) Failing to update your photograph carries a £1,000 fine, but according to Sainsbury's insurance over 40% of drivers don't have a clue.

Anyone put their hands up?

Did mine Dec 29th at the Post Office in their little booth specifically for the purpose - and they did send a warning letter about 1 month before it expired.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:27 pm  

I know it would be my problem, but was the fact that photo licences have an expiry date ever publicised? I don't remember seeing it, and my licence as a licence runs to 2036 anyway

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:35 pm  

Not hard to forget really is it? Though I carry mine with me.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:36 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

So if you've had a licence more than 14 years you must only be required to have a photo licence when obliged to change it for some reason. As far as I'm aware paper licences are still legal.

Thats how I understood it. My mum still has the original paper license that she had when she moved into her house in 1976 and she's never had reason to change it. Thats the one she produces for ID and has never had a problem.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:19 pm  

Enicomb wrote:

Not hard to forget really is it? Though I carry mine with me.

Me too ... just to prove I'm over 18 when I'm in the pub.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:04 pm  

I have a paper one and I have never had a plastic one with a photo which might scare the horses under my bonnet.
I'll get one when someone writes to me or I commit a misdemeanor and have to have it endorsed and only then if they tell me to.

Who cares?
What's a grand to a rich lad like me?
I'd plead senility and get off with a slapped wrist anyway.


I clearly didn't realise I needed a plastic one as well, I just thought they would wait and let us old 'uns die off and the problem would sort itself.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:38 pm  

Enicomb wrote:

Not hard to forget really is it? Though I carry mine with me.

It is, mine needs to be renewed every 3 years as I'm a T1 Diabetic.
Mine needs to be done in November.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:53 pm  

I still have my green paper one only. Never had a photo one. Left when they must have been brought out. When I go back, I hire a car with my aussie licence.

Re: How many illegals on here? : Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:25 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

It is, mine needs to be renewed every 3 years as I'm a T1 Diabetic.
Mine needs to be done in November.

I would have thought that's easier for you as it's different to standard and you're more than likely well aware? Even if you can't always remember the exact date or year, you'd have a rough idea, so simply check it every so often (that applies to anyone really).

That's my 2p worth on it anyway.