theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:29 PM |
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photo licence,s
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1054636/Unwitting-motorists-face-1-000-fines-thousands-photocard-driving-licences-expire.html
read and dig deep
as a matter if interest,how do our non British members compare license wise?
[Edited on 11/9/08 by theconrodkid]
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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02GF74
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:36 PM |
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ta - well, I never knew that.
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To rub salt into wounds, drivers will have to a pay £17.50 to renew their card - a charge which critics have condemned as a 'stealth
tax' and which will earn the Treasury an estimated £437million over 25 years.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:41 PM |
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Hands up who wants to form an angry mob and burn down parliament I'll supply the flaming torches
[Edited on 11/9/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:49 PM |
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well you learn something new everyday!! I'd never even looked to be honest.
Top warning thanks a bunch.
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:51 PM |
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Er, I've still got my green paper licence issued in 1987 and it say's its valid until 2027. Is there something I should know here?
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smart51
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:55 PM |
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Is the daily sodding mail at it again? Trust them to turn a minor irritation into a national disaster. Notice how they have to multiply the money up
by 25 years to get a "scandlous" figure?
Do you really expect a photo of you at 17 to last on your driver's licence until you are 70? Of course you have to renew the photo card.
£17.50 is a fairly reasonable admin charge. The treasury isn't making £400,000,000,000,000 pounds profit out of us.
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iank
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:57 PM |
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Actually I think the real issue is they aren't sending reminder letters. DVLA do for MOTs so why not for the photocards?
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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A1
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 02:58 PM |
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*both hands up*
what a surprise-yet another tax on motorists...
b*stards
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Fozzie
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 03:09 PM |
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I still have my old paper licence too...... they don't expire until you are 70 ......unless you move house or change your name........
After reading that I will hang on to it too!
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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daviep
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 03:09 PM |
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Well as my old boss used to say
"the gates are never locked, you can leave at any time"
If you don't like this country move to another one. Once you've seen how the poor people live Britain doesn't look so bad.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 03:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Is the daily sodding mail at it again? Trust them to turn a minor irritation into a national disaster. Notice how they have to multiply the money up
by 25 years to get a "scandlous" figure?
Do you really expect a photo of you at 17 to last on your driver's licence until you are 70? Of course you have to renew the photo card.
£17.50 is a fairly reasonable admin charge. The treasury isn't making £400,000,000,000,000 pounds profit out of us.
Were did you get £400,000,000,000,000 from? is only £437,000,000  and that's just a years wage for me  not!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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smart51
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 03:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr WhippyWere did you get £400,000,000,000,000 from? is only £437,000,000
I made an entirely true statement. It is no more an exaggeration than the newspaper article.
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adithorp
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 03:33 PM |
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"tiny print"...well its the same size as your name and address.
"unknown to the motorist"...if you can't be arsed to read the notes that come with it.
"L candidates can take test with passport ID"...loads of them in that position that have taken over 10 years to learn to drive.
"stealth tax"...why should I fund the cost of you getting your licence renewed out of my pay packet?
Daily Mail (aka Rupert Murdock) policy; Don't let the truth get in the way of a good lie/story.
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 04:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Actually I think the real issue is they aren't sending reminder letters. DVLA do for MOTs so why not for the photocards?
There are no reminders for MOTs (except possibly from the garage you had your last one done at).
And DVLA are sending out reminders about licence expiry, it's just that people who haven't kept their address up to date won't get
the reminder (which is entirely their own fault).
[Edited on 11/9/08 by matt_claydon]
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trogdor
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 04:47 PM |
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I would imagine they were talking about tax/SORN reminders!
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iank
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 04:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
quote:
Originally posted by iank
Actually I think the real issue is they aren't sending reminder letters. DVLA do for MOTs so why not for the photocards?
There are no reminders for MOTs (except possibly from the garage you had your last one done at).
And DVLA are sending out reminders about licence expiry, it's just that people who haven't kept their address up to date won't get
the reminder (which is entirely their own fault).
[Edited on 11/9/08 by matt_claydon]
Quite right, I meant Tax but typed MOT 
If they are sending out reminders then the people getting caught are just numpties as you say.
So the only issue is charging £17.50 for something that costs about 50p to manufacture.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Phil.J
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 05:14 PM |
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What's more disturbing is that Conrodkid admits to reading the Daily Mail!
It's just an extreme right wing tool of the Conservative party and mostly tosh.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 05:28 PM |
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Just my view of course....
but.......
I have yet to read any daily including broadsheet, that does not lean toward either, Tory/Labour/Liberal/Independent... be it left wing, right
wing, or one that changes with the weather... depending on the day of the week!....
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 05:42 PM |
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What's more disturbing is that Conrodkid admits to reading the Daily Mail!
It's just an extreme right wing tool of the Conservative party and mostly tosh.
and whats wrong with being right wing?
the looney left has done us no favours and is too keen to surrender our once proud country to all and sundry.
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Fozzie
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 05:48 PM |
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quote:
........and whats wrong with being right wing?
the looney left has done us no favours and is too keen to surrender our once proud country to all and sundry.
Well said that man!
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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blakep82
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 05:48 PM |
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i have to renew mine every 3 years
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 07:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i have to renew mine every 3 years
Y?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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HAL 1
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 07:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i have to renew mine every 3 years
Y?
I also have to renew every 3 yrs, mine for medical reasons, dont the oldies have to do the same ?
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blakep82
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 08:33 PM |
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yep medical reasons too
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