Two million drivers may face ?1,000 fine

[super jumbe]

As many as 2 million drivers could face ?1,000 fines for failing to update the photo on their driving licence, according to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).

The photo on your driving licence needs to be updated every 10 years - and failing to do so would invalidate your licence and could leave you with a ?1,000 fine if pulled over by the police.

But as many as 2 million have not updated their photo, leaving them vulnerable to a nasty surprise if stopped with an invalid driving licence.

The DVLA says it sends reminders out two months before a renewal is due.

A spokesperson for the authority says: "Appearances can change and it is important that photo card licences are updated every 10 years to ensure the police and other enforcement agencies have the best possible photograph to help them correctly identify whether a driving licence is being used fraudulently.

"This helps prevent driving licence impersonation ? stopping disqualified and perhaps dangerous drivers taking to our roads."

What can you do to make sure you don't fall foul of the photo regulations?

Update your photo online
You can do it online at https://www.gov.uk/change-photo-driving-licence if you have a valid UK passport issued in the last five years.
The renewal is done using a Government Gateway ID, so if you don't have one already you will need to register. It will cost you ?20.
You'll also need your National Insurance number, your current driving licence and your addresses for the past three years.

Link: Two million drivers may face ?1,000 fine - Yahoo! Finance UK

[pongo snodgrass]

what is you still have the old paper style driving licence, which i have since i passed my test, way back in 1985?..

[smirnoff_rules]

same here , think it was my old address on it too

[Kalipo]

i did mine in august.. i got the reminder about a month before.. but had already sent it to be replaced.. i did the mrs at the same time and both our passports... so we're sorted for another 10 years

[smirnoff_rules]

so do we with old paper ones have to upgrade ?

[johnboy1974]

I had to replace mine after getting a dig by the police. It was 3 months out of date. The police weren't bothered at all, they just asked me to get it seen to right away.


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[smirnoff_rules]

ok till 2036

[happy_highlander]

Mines is out of date and I ~~~~in grudge paying an extra 20 quid to update it....the greedy ~~~~s will still charge 20 quid if you want to update it at teh same time as a change of address which is free but same old same old they all have their hands in drivers pockets. I could see the point if it was compulsery to carry a photo licence but as not everyone has one why should we have to pay extra

[nara]

It's less than 0.3 pence per day ffs!

There are more important things in life to moan about.

[smirnoff_rules]

think his not happy l have a paper one and dont need to update and have no photo and peeps with the new one have to , seems daft to me

[TheCoder]

so do we with old paper ones have to upgrade ?

No, if there's no photo and no other details require changing then you dont have to upgrade.

[super jumbe]

Originally Posted by nara
There are more important things in life to moan about.




Name 1 most important thing in life to moan more then money?

Our concern to do with (money) we do not have that extra money, why we have to keep spending money for new photo on licence when those without photo licence are exempt from it, this could be against the EU discrimination ACT rules.

[nara]

Name 1 most important thing in life to moan more then money?

Health for starters.

[super jumbe]

Ya some thing like flu?..

[nara]

Ya some thing like flu?..

Sorry, can't deal with idiotic responses.