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If the renewal is within 90 days of your 70th birthday, you should receive a replacement that lasts for three years from the date of your 70th. Renewals after 70 are free of charge.0
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I just checked mine even though I was confident it was OK. Well, it is but for 3 years less than I thought. Why is it only valid for 7 years?? (I'm not 70, have a clean licence and no medical conditions).
Feel like I've been conned
The first is that you obtained a provisional licence and 3 years after doing this passed your driving test. You then exchanged your provisional for a full licence without updating your picture. When this happens the duration of the new photo card is the amount of time left over from the 10 years originally allocated against the provisional licence. IE it is (time wise) treated as a continuation, not an extension.
The second is that you were 63 when you obtained your current photo card making you 70 when your card/licence will need renewal.
My money is on the first option.0 -
Providing you have a recently renewed passport with a recent photo and you apply for a new driving license on-line, the DVLA do not require yet another set of photographs as they can crosslink by using the passport number quoted in the on-line driving licence application.0
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Is there such a thing as being too old to need a driving licence? My MiL is 84 years old and I remember her telling me that, back in her day, you didn't need to do a test.
She has never mentioned needing to renew her licence, or even having one at all.
There's no chance she has managed to sort it out herself. She cannot read anything as her cataracts are so bad, so she always gets my partner or I to deal with letters/paperwork etc.0 -
Is there such a thing as being too old to need a driving licence? My MiL is 84 years old and I remember her telling me that, back in her day, you didn't need to do a test.
She has never mentioned needing to renew her licence, or even having one at all.
There's no chance she has managed to sort it out herself. She cannot read anything as her cataracts are so bad, so she always gets my partner or I to deal with letters/paperwork etc.
It's not clear from your post whether she still drives. If she does, she needs to renew her licence every 3 years. If she doesn't, she need take no action.
BTW the test was introduced in 1935, so anyone who got a licence without passing a test must be at least 98.0 -
It's not clear from your post whether she still drives. If she does, she needs to renew her licence every 3 years.
Yes, she still drives. We've encouraged her to stop because she is a danger on the roads, but it's not our decision.
She was born in 1932, but she says she never did a test, though it's very possible that she's confused. I think it's likely she did have a licence but hasn't renewed it in a very long time.0 -
Yes, she still drives. We've encouraged her to stop because she is a danger on the roads, but it's not our decision.
She was born in 1932, but she says she never did a test, though it's very possible that she's confused. I think it's likely she did have a licence but hasn't renewed it in a very long time.
She can't read letters but is driving on the road? Watch out nuns crossing the road with kittens in baskets and children etc etc.0 -
Yes, she still drives. We've encouraged her to stop because she is a danger on the roads, but it's not our decision.
She was born in 1932, but she says she never did a test, though it's very possible that she's confused. I think it's likely she did have a licence but hasn't renewed it in a very long time.
they started issuing driving licences in 1903 but you didn't need to take a test
driving tests were made compulsory in 1935 and they were then suspended in 1939 until 1946 during the second world war they were also suspended during the suez crisis some tome during the 50,s
I am not sure how they went about issuing drivers licences during the periods of test suspension but is it possible that your MIL got a licence during one of the suspension periods
even if she did get a licence issued without needing to take the test she still has to renew the licence when it expired at the age of 70 and then it needs to be renewed on a more frequent basis0 -
If it turns out that she hasn't renewed it in something like 10 years or possibly longer, will she get a fine or any sort of penalty? Would she need her GP to say she's fit to drive? I know she'll not bother renewing it if that's the case.0
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If it turns out that she hasn't renewed it in something like 10 years or possibly longer, will she get a fine or any sort of penalty? Would she need her GP to say she's fit to drive? I know she'll not bother renewing it if that's the case.
If she has simply failed to renew for a long period (two years?) then AFAIK she will have to apply for a new provisional and pass her tests.
She won't be fined for not renewing, it's not an offense. If she has driven without a licence then she has committed an offence (probably many times), but presumably there is no evidence to prosecute.
To renew she would have had to sign a declaration every 3 years that her health hadn't changed and that her eyesight met requirements. No doctor's endorsement is required.0
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