Driving licence in date?

[Stingo]

So, there I was scanning an old copy of the Daily Star what I found lurking around when I saw a small report about driving licences going out of date and people being fined up to a thousand ponds bla de blah.

So I went for a surf and...well...seems like the the new photo stylee driving licence is now a licence to print money every ten years - see link..

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ence/DG_078070


Basically, as I understand it, you must renew the Photo every ten years at a cost of £17.50. Outrageous I say, outrageous.

Count yourself lucky, diabetics and other such blights on humanity have to renew ours every 3 years.

There was a thread on this before...

(P.S. KG, You just reminded me - and I'm at home, not work - excuse me whilst I nip to the post office).

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

Count yourself lucky, diabetics and other such blights on humanity have to renew ours every 3 years.

Why?

The only reason I can see for renewing a licence is for the photo to be updated.

edit// your updates are free, so says the link

[Viney]

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...riving+licence

[Stu]

I wish I had a license incase I had the chance to test ride at the w/e I was looking out my licence but all I could find was

Yup it is outrageous, I dont see why you should have to pay to get a new style licence.

I would understand if my exisiting licence got lost / damaged or if I had re-taken a test to prove im still a competent driver...

Ive got a few years until mine expires so plenty of time to start saving

Maria

[Stingo]

Originally Posted by Baph

There was a thread on this before...

(P.S. KG, You just reminded me - and I'm at home, not work - excuse me whilst I nip to the post office).

So I see, from Viney's post. Must have been busy that day and missed it!

Just had to pay £17.50 for mine too. Factor in the cost of getting some passport size photos done & then posting the thing by recorded delivery (cos you can count on the DVLA to lose the sodding thing!) and it's more like £25.

Robbing bar stewards!

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by Stingo

So, there I was scanning an old copy of the Daily Star what I found lurking around when I saw a small report about driving licences going out of date and people being fined up to a thousand ponds bla de blah.

So I went for a surf and...well...seems like the the new photo stylee driving licence is now a licence to print money every ten years - see link..

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ence/DG_078070


Basically, as I understand it, you must renew the Photo every ten years at a cost of £17.50. Outrageous I say, outrageous.

It's a hell of a lot cheaper than a passport, and people don't seem to think that renewing that every 10 years is so outrageous.