DVLA are retarded!

[Noxious89123]

So I've had a letter through the post today telling me that they've made a mistake on my licence and that;

[cb1rocket]

I would just don't mention it at all. They got the record wrong and ask them to prove it that its a requirement condition on you.

You have got to ask yourself, where did they get this information?!

[Rogerborg]

I wouldn't bother phoning them, use their email contact facility instead. I actually got through to people who understood the law and could string a cogent sentence together.
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[Noxious89123]

Wasn't aware you could email them, doesn't give an address on the letter. Oh well, had to get up to phone the IPS anyways.

I explained that my licence was correct, the letter was wrong and that I don't need glasses. Woman on the phone said that it was likely a mistake and that I should send my licence in so they could correct it and take the 01 code off. I asked her why did I need to send it in, it doesn't have the 01 code on it. Had to repeat myself 3 times as she was struggling to get her head around this... In the end she told me to send in a photocopy of my card and paper counterpart and to write an explaination on the reply form so they can correct their computer system.

Retards
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'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

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[Rogerborg]

[Noxious89123]

So true
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[MarkJ]

If you send them an email, they're on a PC. Therefore:

[Snodvan]

Other side of the coin about the DVLA. They have just done a GOOD job for me.

I wanted to find about the history of my bike - just idle curiosity really. Sure, you get the name of the previous owner on the V5 but I wanted to know who had owned it before that. I was aware that the "early days" of my bike history were a bit odd ie it is a BMW 650CS. When it went into Motorrad for a bit of work recently they told me that BMW records showed the bike was originally sold in the Netherlands, not UK, and was built in 2002 - DVLA records say 2004.

So, I wrote to DVLA and they said complete this form (really a declaration I will not misuse the data) and £5. Best £5 worth I have spent for a while.

Yesterday I received a significant package of document copies - stated by DVLA to be "all document we have on your bike". Gives me all the UK owners and a link to a transfer from Eire to UK

THANK YOU DVLA

Unfortunately I cannot get back to the name of the original purchaser in the Netherlands because the bike went from there to Eire and then to UK (Hull) with the same owner. The documents dealing with the original Netherlands owner are undoubtedly held by the equivalent of the DVLA in Eire and I am not sure how to get any info from them

Snod
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04 (UK Reg) BMW F650cs, but really 02 first Reg in Holland

[TheBikerStig]

[Rogerborg]

I was amazed to get 3 replies which cited the relevant laws and answered the fairly complex question that I'd asked in a well thought out and clear manner. It wasn't the answer that I wanted and I still think they're wrong, but I was genuinely impressed by the quality of the answers.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Noxious89123]

Derp derp derp...

So after the phone call I actually looked at my licence and was surprised to see that it did infact have the code "01" next to my car entitlement, and also on my provisional categories on my paper counterpart. Balls.

Wrote a covering letter explaining the situation and sent the whole lot off to the DVLA.

Got my licence back on Friday, "01" codes gone, <25kW code gone, and points gone.

Result!
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[mysterious_rider]

You tard

Good outcome though.

[MattJ]

"DVLA are retarded!



Oh wait, me too..."

[Chris750]

I used glasses on my car test, but not on my bike test. I have no codes on my licence.

Do they get this information from the examiner or when you fill in the application form for your licence?
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Current Rides: GSXR-750 WS, GSXR-1000 K5, KTM EXC 300

[Noxious89123]

Supposedly "you have told us at some point you rquire vision correction to drive".

I think they ask you on the form when you apply for your licence.
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[Rebel]

I just got my V5 in the post, although I purchased the bike 19 months ago. I thought I had it already. Maybe they've sent me another one.

[Duke46]

[Rebel]

Yes it is, thanks for clearing that up.

[Noxious89123]

To expand a little on what Duke said;
Someone managed to steal a whole stack of blank, blue V5 forms.

Hence DVLA reissuing them on these new red forms. Mine came with a leaflet saying as much
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[Kingstondavo]

When I changed the address on my V5 they put me down as a new owner, took 4 phone calls and 3 reprints of the doc before they finally corrected their mistake. Morons.
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[TheBikerStig]