Did you know that the first photo driving licence cards were actually issued in July 1998 but did you also realise that these licences are only valid for a 10 year period? No, neither did I?

Apparently in 1998 16,136 of us were issued with the new photocard driving licences the bad news apparently 4,570 of us have failed to realise our licences have ran out of date and not renewed them. This actually means that thousands of motorists are risking being fined up to £1000.00 for driving without a valid driving licence.

So if like me you moved house in that year and sent in your license to change your address or if you passed your test that year take a good look at your licence. The confusion is that there are a number of dates shown on the photocard licence. The date shown on the table showing the date for how long the driver is valid to hold a licence which is usually until their 70th birthday. However, this is no the ‘licence valid too date’ which is the date next to the ‘4b’ which shows a date 10 years after you obtained the photocard licence and the date you need to of renewed your photocard licence for.

Potentially about 300,000 are due to expire in 2009 so be warned and take a look NOW!

It costs £17.50p to renew the card license for further information see here

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