new driving license

[devonwoody]

Got my new driving license today, started with the red booklet, next the printed form and now the plastic card+printed form.

So what do I do keep the plastic card in my wallet with lots of personal information affixed and if stolen, they have my address, DOB, and name, very useful to some people.
Next the printed form, to me not very convenient to be kept in my wallet.
So do I leave that in the glove box?

How long do we have to present these documents to the police or other authority if demanded. (It used to be 5 days.)

What do you do?

 

[Slim]

You don't have to carry it around with you. If you are pulled by the police, they will give you a written producer and you will have 7 days to produce your documents to any police station you nominate.

 

[Paul Chapman]

So do I leave that in the glove box?

Don't do that DW :shock: :shock: If someone nicks your car, they'll have your licence as well.

There is no legal requirement to carry it with you, so I'd leave it at home in a safe place.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Gary]

Seven days to produce or five in the case of an injury accident(not may know or will apply this one and give you seven days anyway). Thought no real need to carry you licence just proof of id. The police have access to the dvla, mot and insurance data base these days so no real need for the old producer. Unless it's for a fixed penalty notice.

Don't know why they did it but a licence is not a licence without both parts.

Take it from me I know these things. :wink:

 

[Slim]

The police have access to the dvla, mot and insurance data base these days so no real need for the old producer.

Gary that does make sense, but I was pulled over recently for apparently driving uninsured. As it turned out Direct Line hadn't entered me onto the insurance database. The very nice policemen rang Direct Line, confirmed that I was insured, checked out my MOT and driving licence and then gave me a producer anyway. :?

 

[Shultzy]

Simon, Spookily your plight was highlighted in the Daily Express today. Over one million motorists could face their cars being crushed. A pregnant nurse was forced to give up her keys to her father's car because they believed she was uninsured, her details were not on the MIB's database. Her insurer - Direct Line!

 

[Paul Chapman]

Simon, Spookily your plight was highlighted in the Daily Express today. Over one million motorists could face their cars being crushed. A pregnant nurse was forced to give up her keys to her father's car because they believed she was uninsured, her details were not on the MIB's database. Her insurer - Direct Line!

This is not a new problem. Many, many years ago I had a VW Beetle. When I received the log book it was listed as a VW 411 LE Variant. So I crossed it out, wrote in what it should have been and sent it back for correction. Did this three times and each time it came back wrong :? :? So I just gave up.

Since then I've had similar problems with addresses and other details on other log books and my driving licence.

Governments, their agencies and computers just don't seem to mix very well

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Gary]

Simon I would ask why? "the very nice policeman" knew you were insured. One problem however is people take out a policy by direct debit obtain the certificate and never make a payment. So I can understand the phone call to the company to confim the policy is still in force but the producer may be a breach of the force policy.

There is only one company who do not place details on the database as a rule and it's not direct line. It's amazing how many do not check their policy and the reason for none entry on the data base is an incorrect registration number etc.

 

[JFC]

What would happen if you didn't turn up at the police station to produce the documents ? Would they come to your house to arrest you ? Then you could produce the documents on your doorstep with a smug grin .

 

[Jake]

But the fact that nyou had them wouldn't get you off the offence of not having produced them in the given time at the given place...

 

[Gary]

But the fact that you had them wouldn't get you off the offence of not having produced them in the given time at the given place...

Correct and the offence would be failing to produce them to the police on demand. They won't come to arrest you just summons to your home address.