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Driving Licence Database soon to go live.

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  • Aretnap
    Aretnap Posts: 6,094 Forumite
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    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    Because they're not available online now unlike holders of photocard licences. If I change address my licence is updated to a photocard. No need for tippex.
    The DVLA computer still has a record of your points, regardless of what type of licence you have.
  • Aretnap
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    vaio wrote: »
    nah, insurers managed to get an exemption from the latest version of the rehabilitation rules
    They didn't get an exemption as such, it's just that driving licence endorsements were excluded from the reforms so most motoring offences keep their old rehabilitation periods, whether for insurance purposes or for any other purposes.

    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/423/article/3/made

    Which does mean that a speeding ticket now has a longer rehabilitation period than an 11 month prison sentence for (insert serious crime of your choice) but hey, I didn't make the rules.
  • custardy
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    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    Because they're not available online now unlike holders of photocard licences. If I change address my licence is updated to a photocard. No need for tippex.

    Lol. online? You mean on a computer database.
    Which is where yours and all the other drivers details were
  • Norman_Castle
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    Trackman wrote: »
    You can see what they have on record for your driving licence at www dot gov dot uk/view-driving-licence It works for paper licences as mine is one.
    I tried this a few months ago but as I had a paper licence there was no access. Presumably the new version updates how the records are stored or accessed.
    https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence
  • Norman_Castle
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    edited 11 August 2014 at 8:21AM
    custardy wrote: »
    Lol. online? You mean on a computer database.
    Which is where yours and all the other drivers details were
    No, I mean online. Pre photocard driver details may have been on a database but they weren't accessable to drivers or insurers. They are now being made available online.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25663249

    http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/09/car-insurance-premiums-licence-records-online
  • AdrianC
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    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    I tried this a few months ago but as I had a paper licence there was no access. Presumably the new version updates how the records are stored or accessed.
    https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence
    I suspect the only difference is whether they have your NI number tied to your licence number.
  • GingerBob_3
    GingerBob_3 Posts: 3,659 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    I suspect the only difference is whether they have your NI number tied to your licence number.

    If there is such a link it would be created when you registered for online access. I can't think of a better reason not to register.
  • AdrianC
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    GingerBob wrote: »
    If there is such a link it would be created when you registered for online access. I can't think of a better reason not to register.
    Have you actually bothered to look at the licence-check link?
  • GingerBob_3
    GingerBob_3 Posts: 3,659 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Have you actually bothered to look at the licence-check link?

    Nope. Is there any reason why I should?
  • AdrianC
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    GingerBob wrote: »
    Nope. Is there any reason why I should?
    Only that a clue as to what you're talking about, before replying, often helps prevent you looking like a muppet.
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