Address on licence

Brie

henry24 said:

It turns out he pinged there thing in the police car for not having insurance 

So in a whole heap of trouble then!  Possibly not having had an MOT?  Possibly driving a vehicle that is not road worthy??  If he's dependent on a  vehicle to get to work he might be out of a job.

DB1904

Brie said:

henry24 said:

It turns out he pinged there thing in the police car for not having insurance 

So in a whole heap of trouble then!  Possibly not having had an MOT?  Possibly driving a vehicle that is not road worthy??  If he's dependent on a  vehicle to get to work he might be out of a job.

Or a simple admin error on the database. You've made a rather large assumption.

Brie

DB1904 said:

Or a simple admin error on the database. You've made a rather large assumption.

Possibly!  Wouldn't be the first time!!!

But if the database says no insurance what's he going to do?  

More assumptions.....unlikely to have proof of insurance in the car.  And if he does they look at the address on that vs what's on the license and fine him?  If he can't prove he has insurance shouldn't they stop him from driving, so car may be confiscated?  Albeit only temporarily??  Database may also say no MOT so on that basis I think they would take the car and make him walk, assuming they didn't take him to the station.  

But I doubt we'll ever know for sure.

Jenni_D

The police won't fine him for the address error - at least I don't think so. Such charges are brought by the DVLA?

DB1904

Brie said:

DB1904 said:

Or a simple admin error on the database. You've made a rather large assumption.

Possibly!  Wouldn't be the first time!!!

But if the database says no insurance what's he going to do?  

More assumptions.....unlikely to have proof of insurance in the car.  And if he does they look at the address on that vs what's on the license and fine him?  If he can't prove he has insurance shouldn't they stop him from driving, so car may be confiscated?  Albeit only temporarily??  Database may also say no MOT so on that basis I think they would take the car and make him walk, assuming they didn't take him to the station.  

But I doubt we'll ever know for sure.

During office hours they'd ring the MIB, who may or may not ring the insurance company if there is a policy. Why are you claiming there's a problem with the mot. 

DB1904

Jenni_D said:

The police won't fine him for the address error - at least I don't think so. Such charges are brought by the DVLA?

There's no reason why the police couldn't. 

TooManyPoints

That goes to the vehicle's registered keeper rather than your licence address 

Yes thanks for that (and Car_54).

For some reason I'd got it into my head that it was the vehicle registration that had not been kept up to date. I'll call it a "Senior Moment" (but in fact it was just plain inattention)!     

user1977

TooManyPoints said:

That goes to the vehicle's registered keeper rather than your licence address 

Yes thanks for that (and Car_54).

For some reason I'd got it into my head that it was the vehicle registration that had not been kept up to date. I'll call it a "Senior Moment" (but in fact it was just plain inattention)!     

I suspect quite a lot of people "update their address with the DVLA" when they move, but overlook that they need to do it both for their vehicle and the licence (not sure if the DVLA flags up a helpful reminder?).