Driving Licences don't last until your are 70
 

Despite what you may have thought, you may be driving illegally.
They have expiry dates.
Unwitting motorists face £1,000 fines as thousands of photocard driving licences expire | Mail Online

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Wow!

Just checked mine and it runs out in 2013 and I ahve been driving for many years.. But my wife who passed her test in 2001.. well hers runs out in 2010 less than 2 years from now..

And you ahve to pay 17.50 to renew... we certainly didnt know about this.... Good post :)

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Mine expires Dec 2012 - so I might not need to renew:rolleyes:

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mine is 2017 so they are 10 year licences. my other one for hgv runs out in2013 which are 5 years

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Never bothered with the new licence that has the photo on it, still using the original I got in ‘85.

Just had a look and that expires the day before my 70th birthday in 2031.

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When I first read this I was miffed at the thought of having to fork out £17.50 to renew my license every 10 years.

However, when you think about it it makes sense, doesn't it?

They are photocards so, like passports, what would be the point of a card belonging to a 60 year old with a photo of a 20 year old on it?

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I have my original car licence , which runs out in 2032 , but i am still using a plastic card
since they sent me a letter .

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Mine is one of those old green things.......I haven't checked when it expires....probably in 9 years...that is when I reach 70.

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It’s just another Stealth Tax we didn’t see coming as it says in the link. If you have to have the Photocard version then fine, change it every 10 years so that the photo is up to date but the DVLA or Treasury should pick up the tab. The cash they get from selling Private/personalised number plates alone would cover the cost

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No - they just charge us £17.50 to update the photo (compulsory)

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aint looked at mine, had no idea, aint too bothered, if i last till 70, i will have broke the mould, all males in my family never got that far.:D

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I did.

Though they renewed it last November for another three years, without making me drive around Wigan, and press a load of buttons and pedals when they lit up, like they did three years before that.

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