Absolutely fuming with renewing driving license.

Ocado will still bring shopping into the house.

@SirRaymondClench i think it needs modernising because the websites provide incorrect information, the main branch’s in my experience are difficult to get to. Every task the workers do is just processy and lengthy. It’s not convenient in the slightest. No business could survive being so user unfriendly.

I would say you don’t need your licence back for it to be valid. I was late renewing mine but after I sent it away using paper form it was showing as valid three days after it was received by DVLA by using the online check code.

My work were happy to accept that I was able to drive based on this and then I sent copy of card after it arrived.

If you have ever had a photo driving licence then the photocard IS the driving licence. The only paper licences which are still valid are the ones where the holder has never had a photo driving licence and these expire when the holder becomes 70.

I still have my paper licence but I think it's shocking that you have to have a passport to renew online at a cheaper price. If I needed to change to a photo licence, doubtful bar a big lottery win, I'd have to buy a passport as part of the identification process even though I have no intention of going abroad any time soon. I feel this is discriminatory to the elderly, disabled, people of limited means and those who don't want to travel abroad.

I 'think' she needs to drive FOR her job. Not TO her job. Nurse in the commmnity or such like. Could be wrong, but it's how it reads to me, with driving being compulsory.

Just looked at mine, it says 4a 03.08.2015; 4b 02.08.2025. That means I need to do mine doesn’t it?!

Had completely forgotten about this. Thank you OP.

Do you have somewhere that can take the photo for you locally? They charge about £5 and make sure it is a valid picture. Just in case there's another reason the photo isn't valid.

EDIT: it had dropped the post I quoted, must have cross posted with MN deleting all their posts!

Then read her posts & try thinking about how frustrating (worrying & scary) it must be, to be her right now.

its all very easy when you're well to be 'just do this or that'. 🙄🙇🏻‍♀️

the op can't drive anywhere, so that is not an option.

But if it was a case of losing my job or paying £100 - id pay the £100

But in the uk peoples driving licences run over all the time and no-one checks

If you need to drive for your job, you'll not be able to go back to work until you can drive and would you be able to use a bus before you can drive and return to work?

could you put something on your local Facebook that you need a lift to that town and if anyone is going that way could they take you with them? Thats what people on our local Facebook do - it saves traffic and helps out getting to further places away

I opted for this. Got a new licence in a week. Didn't have go go anywhere

My best mate is literally on hospice and palliative care, she’s epileptic and severely sight impaired ... she still swims in rivers and the sea all year round.

Just call them OP - don't get an expensive taxi before you do that. It sounds like this is the last straw in a generally stressful time for you, OP. That's totally understandable - it's infuriating when a simple task takes disproportionately long - but save your energy for other stuff.

My online renewal was rejected a few years ago and it turned out there was a known technical issue on their side affecting certain licences. They fixed it and it was fine. You'd kick yourself if it just turned out the website was down when you tried earlier. Even if it's not that they should send you a paper form and save you the journey. I hope everything picks up a bit for you soon.

£50 for a 10 mile taxi journey? Not a chance.

Oh fuck off. She’s had major surgery. She’s tired and in pain. Have a day off from being so mean.

I'm sure I renewed mine online and they used the same photo as my passport. I have a different hair colour and hair style now but I don't care as we can change in 10 years so whose to say I didn't look like that when I applied (if you know what I mean)

Why?

I have a Blue Badge

I have no issues walking. Being disabled takes many forms

Can you use an old photo?

@Deluxecoffee
You are absolutely determined to find a way of accusing a person with disabilities of being a liar. Please stop it. The OP does not have to account to you for their medical conditions, the reason for their disability or their hobbles. It is really offensive that you think they must. If you believe the OP is a troll - report it. If you simply want to find someone to bully, jog on... bullying disability isn't a good look.

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Either you haven’t done it in a while or our local council have different rules

Ours you have to send off proof of diagnosis within the last 6 months in order to renew a Blue Badge. So if you have a lifelong disability you have to go back and either get reassessed or ask the already straining assessment centre/department to write in paper form that your diagnosis still stands

Then you get a letter to say that appointment letters are not valid and then you have to write again to point out that the letter that was sent was a diagnosis letter

Dont get me started on the over 60’s travel card that won’t accept a photo of my passport and the alternative, my driving licence number apparently is invalid

Add to that I have ADHD and I am still paying for my travel

I live rurally, no timetabled buses but we do have a bus service you can ring up & book and a group of volunteer drivers I think you pay around 50p a mile

There seems to be a thing in Somerset http://www.communitytransport.org.uk/our-services/community-cars
https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/somerset-volunteer-drivers/

Yeah actually I did that too, possibly by accident. It means that at some point my photo will be 20 years old 😂