Impounded car problems

Wig

Yeah and until now he had an old license which he sent for change of address which means it wasn't expired. DVLA error

paddedjohn

how can they be allowed to impound the car for not having a license? surely its still taxed and insured to be left on a public highway.

Wig

If you collect the car tomorrow before 12 you pay 117
after 12 Sunday and before 12 on Monday it will be 129

Wig

paddedjohn wrote: »

how can they be allowed to impound the car for not having a license? surely its still taxed and insured to be left on a public highway.

Because it applies to being driven with no insurance and/OR no license.

Zanzibar

mikey72 wrote: »

They expire every 10 years now.

Its the photo card that expires every 10 years not the license - thats valid until you are 70 or is revoked/suspended - its an important distinction as the offences are different.

andycan1

The problem being how can you collect it if they don't answer thier phone to let you know when or if they are open? They in thier wisdom have put it in a compound 40 miles from where it was siezed and the yard is in the middle of nowhere in the countryside.

They are charging £185 collection fee and £20 a day storage.

Wig

andycan1 wrote: »

The problem being how can you collect it if they don't answer thier phone to let you know when or if they are open? They in thier wisdom have put it in a compound 40 miles from where it was siezed and the yard is in the middle of nowhere in the countryside.

They are charging £185 collection fee and £20 a day storage.

Maybe there has been an increase, in the allowed rates of charge. I only found what I found above,

Parva

andycan1 wrote: »

Hi Wig it was siezed friday afternoon about 4pm.
Mikey72 My licence and my friends are the old ones which don't expire untill your 65 or 70 either way the police computer said his had expired when just days before DVLA said his full licence was still valid.

I'm still trying to get my head around this thread. :think: Am I correct in saying that he returned his original (non-photo) licence to the DVLA for a change of address? If so, I see no mention of the £20 fee being paid and / or a passport photo being sent with the old licence or reference to a current passport that they can take the photograph from to apply to a new photo drivers licence card.

According to the DVLA I still reside at my old marital address (where the ex-wife still lives) simply because I begrudge paying £20 to get a new photo ID (compulsory on address change) whilst knowing full well that said photo licence requires updating every 10 years at whatever fee is in force at that time. As long as I keep my paper licence I'm not subject to this 10 year update rule.

That said, if he did have a photo ID originally and changed address prior to the 10 year renewal rule, it would be done for free anyway.

Can you clarify, did he pay the £20 fee and include a passport photo (or valid passport ID number) or did he just send it off in the hope that he would get another paper-only licence back. If the latter, then I can see how he's screwed as he should have checked rather than just slinging the old-style licence into the postbox and hoping.

Parva

andycan1 wrote: »

As far as I know car licences don't expire but can be suspended by the courts but although DVLA sent his full licence to his old address they say he has a full licence yet tell the police his full licence has expired.

And just to reiterate, who said that his renewed licence went to any address? Fact: Updating your address on an old-style paper licence requires you to pay a fee of £20 and either send a passport sized photo or provide details of a valid passport where the DVLA can use the scanned picture from.

If no fee and photo or passport details weren't sent along with the old paper-style licence then you aren't going to get a new one.

Parva

andycan1 wrote: »

He had contacted DVLA a few days before as he had sent his licence to them to be updated with his new address and had not recieved it back. They told him they had sent it to his old address and that he was still able to drive and they would send him a new one to his new address.

And just to stick the knife in, blatent lie. Either you or your 'friend' are living in a fantasy world.

Need more proof? Try this link :- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/NeedANewOrUpdatedLicence/DG_4022088