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check your licences boys and girls

Post by redline » 08 Nov 2008 07:21 pm

I thought my new credit card type licence was valid til I was 70 turns out the photo has to be renewed every ten years and you can be fined if you miss out on doing it

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Post by trabitom99 » 08 Nov 2008 07:56 pm

Yeah, that really annoyed me too! I really regretted swapping my old tatty licence for the credit card version after I found that out.

Also - when you rent a car in the UK, they ask for the paper version as well, to see if you have any points. So really you need to carry both version with you ...

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Post by mickt » 08 Nov 2008 11:12 pm

Interesting Tom I still have the paper one only but unfortunately I got some points for going too fast in an urban area in April last and was under the impression at the end of the three years of their life I could buy a credit card style one so as to have a clean licence for (say) renting a car and not paying a premium on top.

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Post by MJ » 08 Nov 2008 11:57 pm

Never thought about that - I assumed they'd send a reminder or something if you needed to update it.

Another way of making money for the coffers from innocent people I guess :(
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Post by Chesh740R » 09 Nov 2008 12:20 am

Still Got my paper licence, its valid till 2049, and i'll very reluctanlty change it if ever at all.

Has still got all my previous speeding convictions on them but I don't care as they were so long ago its never effected my ability to hire stuff.

A paper licence will get you out of lots of trouble whilst on holiday in the USA especially for speeding.

The officer's comment when i said hey be carefull with that it's gotta last me till 2049 was " what in the hell is this shit???? I ain't never seen a licence like this!!!!!! "

He disappeared to his car for 5 mins and came back and let me off.

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Post by trabitom99 » 09 Nov 2008 10:39 am

mickt wrote:Interesting Tom I still have the paper one only but unfortunately I got some points for going too fast in an urban area in April last and was under the impression at the end of the three years of their life I could buy a credit card style one so as to have a clean licence for (say) renting a car and not paying a premium on top.
Two years ago I rented a car at Birmingham airport and only had the credit card style licence with me. They asked for the paper version so they could check up on my points - I have no idea where my paper version is anymore! So I had to pay a premium so they could ring the DVLA and check up on whether I had any points.

Good job they didn't ring Flensburg to enquire about my points in Germany ;-) Shows you how rediculous the whole thing is ;-)
Chesh740R wrote:A paper licence will get you out of lots of trouble whilst on holiday in the USA especially for speeding.
I had real trouble renting a car in Germany with only my paper licence. That was part of the reason why I got the credit card version ...

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Post by redline » 09 Nov 2008 11:24 am

just to clear up what might be some confusion for people who only have the older paper licence.

With the new credit card one there is also a paper one which carries more information thwn could be put on the plastic card ,

this includes any points you may have got
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Post by jtbo » 11 Nov 2008 11:00 am

We got rid of paper versions quite long time ago, I have only plastic version, which is big, hard to fit into wallet, later version is such credit card type as yours.

Late 2045 is when I need to renew mine, but it can change.
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Post by MCHUDD » 11 Nov 2008 03:17 pm

Hi everyone.
It seems strang hearing people talking about credit card licences.In this part of the UK we have had them since the mid 1980s.Befoe that we had kittle blue books.
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Post by MJ » 11 Nov 2008 10:25 pm

The advantage of the credit card ones is that you can carry them for ID with less risk of them getting damaged than a paper one.
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