Fuji Abound
12th Sep 2008, 12:10
A massive 300,000 photo card licences are due to expire in the next 12 months, yet a significant proportion of drivers are unaware that the new photo-style licences require updating every 10 years.
Unlike the superseded paper licence, which was valid 'for life', the new identity card versions feature a 'valid until' date, at which time motorists must shell out an extra £17.50 for a new card. It's thought that a lot of drivers are not aware of this requirement.
Interesting that the Government has not found a way of invalidating the old style driving license granted for life (unless you change address of course, which I guess eventually catches most people) but it would seem EASA intend to abolish the old CAA life licence.
As a holder of a CAA licence for life it still just doesnt sit comfortable with me. The government saw fit through their agents the CAA to give me a licence for life - can they so simply withdraw the licence when they handed over authority to EASA, or is it going to prove more difficult in the same way that they havent withdraw the life time driving licence.
When I was at the CAA very recently the chap told me what ever you do keep your CAA licence - just an idle thought, but it got me wondering whether there is more too this story than meets the idea.
Unlike the superseded paper licence, which was valid 'for life', the new identity card versions feature a 'valid until' date, at which time motorists must shell out an extra £17.50 for a new card. It's thought that a lot of drivers are not aware of this requirement.
Interesting that the Government has not found a way of invalidating the old style driving license granted for life (unless you change address of course, which I guess eventually catches most people) but it would seem EASA intend to abolish the old CAA life licence.
As a holder of a CAA licence for life it still just doesnt sit comfortable with me. The government saw fit through their agents the CAA to give me a licence for life - can they so simply withdraw the licence when they handed over authority to EASA, or is it going to prove more difficult in the same way that they havent withdraw the life time driving licence.
When I was at the CAA very recently the chap told me what ever you do keep your CAA licence - just an idle thought, but it got me wondering whether there is more too this story than meets the idea.