Old paper driving licences redundant?

RainbowsInTheSpray

Just turned up my old paper driving licence in a drawer. Am I right in assuming this can safely be disposed of, given that I've had a photo ID card for some years now?

Ayr_Rage

You should have sent it back when you changed to a photo licence if I remember the rules correctly.

giraffe69

Should be irrelevant now.

Iceweasel

Keep it to show your grandchildren.

lincroft1710

Ayr_Rage said:

You should have sent it back when you changed to a photo licence if I remember the rules correctly.

True, but DVLA do not seem to worry if the old licence is not returned

Aretnap

Ayr_Rage said:

You should have sent it back when you changed to a photo licence if I remember the rules correctly.

Depends whether he means a real old paper licence (should in theory have been sent back) or a paper counterpart to a photo card (advice was to dispose of them when they became obsolete).

In practice the answer is the same either way - bin it, keep it or frame it, nobody will care.

RainbowsInTheSpray

Thanks for the confirmation.

chrisw

Iceweasel said:

Keep it to show your grandchildren.

Whoaa! I still use mine!

droopsnoot

chrisw said:

Iceweasel said:

Keep it to show your grandchildren.

Whoaa! I still use mine!

And me. Still have my green paper license.

Mildly_Miffed

DVLA stopped issuing paper licences a quarter of a century ago.

They're still valid for those who haven't moved, haven't added categories, and haven't needed to renew them (on hitting 70, or because of medical reasons) since then.

Everybody else has a photocard. That used to be accompanied by a paper counterpart, but they became redundant nearly a decade ago, and should have been destroyed.

If you have a photocard, any old paper licence is superceded, and should be destroyed unless you want to keep it for posterity for whatever reason...