Author Topic: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST  (Read 6476 times)

tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« on: August 27, 2012, 04:28:20 pm »
I had a form come through from DVLA Swansea with Saturdays post , didn't bother opening it until this morning,
 Turns out I have to send a new photograph for my licence as the last one is 4 years old , or surrender my licence.
 How much do they think your features alter in 4 years?. Oh Yes , almost forgot, the cost for replacement licence : £20. ------On top of the cost of the photo from one of those booth thingies, then in 4 years time I will have to do it all over again when I'm 70.
When I passed my test aged 17 you were licened till you were 70,
That's a lot of cash to find from a state pension , especialy if you live as isolated as we do and have to drive as there is no public transport.
This is just more government money grabbing from soft targets----THIEVING BASTARDS. :rant:
« Last Edit: August 28, 2012, 07:16:13 am by tizaala »

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2012, 04:29:47 pm »
thought photos were valid for 10 years???

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2012, 04:33:29 pm »
I know, I just had to do mine. 10 years old my pic was I think. I thought it was a lot of money too  ::) And yes, living here there is no choice but to drive.

ballingall

  • Joined Sep 2008
  • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2012, 04:35:24 pm »
Yes, I thought it was a new photo every 10 years too. It was definitely 10 years from my first one to my second. I was quite glad when 10 years was up- my first driving licence picture was awful!


Beth

Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Staffordshire
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2012, 04:35:57 pm »
Flipping heck just remembered we had one of those letters ages ago, never followed it up and not heard anything else from them  :-\

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2012, 04:37:52 pm »
I've had mine for 6 years. I thought they would last longer than 4 years.
 
When you consider that you have to get a passport, with photo, for a tiny baby which lasts for ten years when you consider how much that child will have changed in that time, four years seems ridiculous.  Doug, I can't imagine you ever changing.
 
A friend once asked me to sign her driving license photo for her.  I had to really wrestle with my conscience before I could write that it was a true likeness.  If I had picked it up in the street, I would have thought it was a stranger, not one of my closest friends.

tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2012, 04:41:23 pm »
I had to change my address when we moved here 4 years ago , it was a new photo then,,,,looks like rip off time again :thinking:

Factotum

  • Joined Jun 2012
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2012, 05:54:50 pm »
Hi,

The photocard licence is definitely valid for ten years - until the licence holder reaches 70.

There are some medical conditions that can mean the driving licence is restricted to what is called a 'short period driving licence'.

If you are neither 70 nor have had such a medical condition, I think a call to Swansea is in order. Perhaps they have made an error. Their phone number is :0300 790 6801

Hope this helps

Sue

ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Sutherland
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2012, 06:27:37 pm »
We have just changed address on ours (OH and myself) and photos were nearly 7 years old and were not asked to produce new ones. Def think you should query it with Swansea ???

omnipeasant

  • Joined May 2012
  • Llangurig , Mid Wales
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2012, 06:40:29 pm »
 :fc: :thinking: :huff:

tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2012, 07:37:20 pm »
Thanks Sue, I shall call them in the morning :-*
 
Linda ----do I interpret you as giving me two fingers :fc:  then telling me to swivell :thinking:  then shaking your head in dissapproval :huff: , when all I wanted was  :hug: ---- :roflanim:

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2012, 09:45:10 pm »
Tizaala, behave. 

lill

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2012, 07:09:44 am »
Please be aware that the categories you have on your driving licence before they are sent to DVLA with a new photo can be deleted and if you do not take a copy (best to scan it)of them before you send them away you have no way of proving that these categories exsisted  >:( . The reason for them deleting them is, yep you guessed it money.  ??? I made sure that our was photocopied and kept and when returned plus 40 quid lighter i immediately checked to see it  still included everything we had on them.

Maggie

  • Joined Jul 2011
  • Umberleigh, Devon
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2012, 09:02:45 am »
I had to change my address when we moved here 4 years ago , it was a new photo then,,,,looks like rip off time again :thinking:

Thanks for the heads up Tiz.  I changed address/new photo license 3 years ago.  I'll expect the letter then?  What a rip off.  Think I'll head it off with a letter to my MP.

Maggie

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Yet another TAX ON THE MOTORIST
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2012, 09:45:12 am »
I changed my address 4 and a half years ago and didn't have to submit a new photo, and wasn't charged anything.  Wonder if they've changed the rules.
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

 

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