I either did not know this or I had forgotten as it was nearly eight years ago, but the Photo Card part of our UK Driving Licenses runs out after 10 years!
A friend of mine found this out last week when he was stopped by police for a failed stop light and when he produced his license, they told him that it was out of date!
Apparently the DVLC used to send out reminders, but that seems to have stopped, he is being charged with a number of offenses and has been told that he could be in for a hefty fine!!!
He emailed me and sure enough when I checked, my photo bit runs out in 2011 and the paper bit in 2019 (yes I am that old!) so I’d better have a reminder in my calendar to make sure I don’t get trapped in the same way.
It seems the difference in the dates is to ensure that the photo is no older than 10 years out of date. Only in the UK do we need to have two parts to a driving license!
So the message here is get your license Photo Card out and check those dates and make sure you renew before the photo cards expires.
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