On Sep 11, 2:21Â pm, "Brimstone"
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:> Another sneaky trick by our lods and masters. If you have a photocard
> licence it expires after ten years and you have to pay £17.50 to renew it.
>
>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1054636/Motorists-face-1-000-...
>
> Thousands of motorists are at risk of being fined up to £1,000 because they
> are unwittingly driving without a valid licence.
Hmmm....
> They risk prosecution after failing to spot the extremely small print on
> their photocard licence which says it automatically expires after 10 years
> and has to be renewed - even though drivers are licensed to drive until the
> age of 70.
>
> Motoring organisations blamed the Government for the fiasco and said 'most'
> drivers believed their licences were for life.
When i got mine it had blurb saying it would need renewed and the
license had the date on it.
> They said officials had failed to publicise sufficiently the fact that
> new-style licences - unlike the old paper ones - expire after a set period
> and have to be renewed.
>
> 'People think they have already paid them for once over and that is it.
I wonder if the same people get a shock each year when their car
insurance is due.
> Driving instructor Tony Carter, of Canterbury, said: 'It's outrageous;
> everybody thinks their driving licence is for life.
> 'Why - when you have already paid £50 for your photocard licence - should
> you pay the Government an extra £17.50 every 10 years?
Because it costs money to make the new one? And its a darn sight
cheaper than renewing a passport.
> Today the DVLA said the date of expiry was carried on the new-style
> licences, even though the AA says this is 'not clear'.
>
> The Agency was unable to say whether motorists were told the licences would
> expire when they were first issued.
>
> It said it was issuing postal reminders to drivers whose photograph was due
> to expire, to get the renewal message across. But a spokesman admitted this
> was the limit of the DVLA's publicity.
Worked for me. got it in, sent it back. Not that big a deal. The
license itself show the expiry date quite clearly.
> Experts say many drivers will slip through the net because DVLA records are
> inaccurate and many motorists have changed address, making it impossible to
> trace them.
>
not updating them is an offense isn't it?
Fod
