Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit !!

[WD Forte]

If you've had a license for years, check its expiry date
lest you lose it or get into deep shit

I had to dig out my driving license for ID purposes
when weighing in an old car battery at a metal recycling plant.
First time its seen daylight in a loooooong time

The woman at the counter told me it had expired nearly 3 years ago
Whaaat?
oh bollocks!
Never having had cause to dig it out, I never gave it a thought and didnt remember getting any reminder

Rushed to the post office to see if I could renew it there
Nope, the lady scared the shit out of me with tales of hefty fines,
losing entitlement, retaking tests and such and I'd have to do it by post.

Hence the 'oh shit.......' etc

Got the ugly pics from the PO machine,
forms off the net, wrote my first cheque in years,
a signature from a 'professional person' to attest I was who i was and sent it off.

I'd heard of guys renewing licenses to find their bike entitlement
had disappeared from their renewed license so all in all
it was an uneasy time

When It arrived 2 weeks later I hastily checked for the 'A'
Phew! it was there !
so was all the other stuff like C1+E/D1+E and all that

Apparently I'm not/wasn't the only dumb bastard driving/riding about
on an expired license, so if you've been driving/riding for years I suggest you check yours

[mart61]

Coincidentally I've just checked mine and it expires in January 2015.

I'll renew mine online as I have a recent passport and they can get the picture and signature electronically from that.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Had my license since about 1987, but never checked when it expired. Then sent it in when mods 1 & 2 were all done and got the new photo kind. *shrug*
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[MC]

Didn't the old paper license last for 50 years?
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

I think mine expires next year. I might have to "change address" again though to avoid fees.
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[Wull]

Renewed mine last year along with the wife's
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[mjn51]

Mine expires in Oct 2021, so a little time yet !

[27cows]

Still have a paper one that doesn't expire till 2039. But I believe these will become obsolete next year and you'll be forced to get a fecking photocard. One more scam to get a bit of extra money out of us.
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[Rogerborg]

Damn silly administrative bollocks. Thank Brussels for this one, again. They "expire" only in order to keep the photograph up to date, because the Eurostazi do love to demand "Papers, please".

It wouldn't worry me that much. Quoth Dara Ó Briain, yes, it's expired, but I'm still me. Dibble and the CPS might care, but would a Magistrate or Sheriff?
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[Dave70]

Had a similar scenario back on the Isle of Man with my provisional licence.

I needed ID at the post office, so handed the assistant my license, only to be told that he couldn't accept it as it was out of date. (as I'm stood there in full biking gear, with my lid in my hand).

It turns out a provisional licence only lasts 12 months over there and they don't send you a reminder.

My own fault though for not reading the small print.

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[Copycat73]

have to re-new mine every 5 years and pay for a medical

valid till may 2018.
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[Boris the spider]

Handed mines over to Sgt at appraisal 2 months ago as they now note date of expiry.
Ehhhhhhh. This is nearly 4 years out of date the Sgt says..
Woops
Quick visit to post office and renewed it .
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[Ste]

Pay for the medical... been banned for drink/drugs?

When I have a license I get a three year one.

[WD Forte]

Insurance comperknees come to mind
You know how they love to quibble and wriggle out of coughing up the dosh so an expired license might be just the thing to get
"Oh dear, we're sorry but you see...................."

Edit

just saw this page and its not the license per se
but the photo that expires, so the insurance thing is irrelevant
kwote:
"The supermarket bank carried out a further survey
and found that fewer than one in three of those drivers
with an expired licence are aware that it has expired.

A further 10million people do not know when their licence expires
and 14 per cent of expired photo card licences have been
out-of-date since 2009 or before.

The research also revealed that the vast majority of drivers are
unaware of the true consequences of having an expired
photograph on their driving licence

That'd be me then.

Just 29 per cent know that it could make you liable for a £1,000
fine.
However, almost a third (31 per cent) of drivers incorrectly said
they thought it could invalidate your motor insurance
and 27 per cent thought it could mean getting points on your licence.

Interestingly, 13 per cent of drivers thought it could result in your car being confiscated."

That's what the woman in the PO told me !!!!!!

had me cacking me pants she did

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2081666/Driving-licence-trap-1-6m-drivers-risk-hefty-fine-renewing-photograph-20-cost.html#ixzz36mK1uKq7

[Suntan Sid]

[goto10]

Many moons ago I went to do a repeat CBT and my licence had expired (an 'oh sh1t' moment, I thought I was about to lose the fee for the day, I hadn't even checked this) - there were a pair of examiners who both mentioned it and showed it to one another (they were both ex-police incidentally) - the result was a shrug, ticked the 'provisional' box, returned the licence to me and let me carry on.

I did renew the licence that afternoon though.
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I wonder what the fine / penalty will be in 2015 when we all have to have photo licence apparently (no paper counterpart).

As I have a paper licence that hasn't expired then so valid for me to drive (I'm presuming). So no actual driving/insurance/whatever offences based on licence.

However, would not have a photo licence. So a good telling off?

So, licences only valid for 10 years from 2015 then!
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[Dazbo666]

Just checked mine, and I'm ok till 07/07/2015
I wasn't even aware until recently that they had to be updated intermittantly.
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