Why don't I know this - car hire and licence change

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SouthWestmom · 27/04/2015 20:12

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paperless-driving-licence-dvla-changes-5591979
This sounds super stressful! Logging on to get a code?

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SouthWestmom · 27/04/2015 21:17

Is no one else wOrried!

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HereIAm20 · 28/04/2015 13:33

First time I've heard about this - eeeek - what muppet thought this was good idea?

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SouthWestmom · 28/04/2015 20:02

No idea! My mum came round all panicked today bless her

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OberonTheHopeful · 30/04/2015 00:44

Hardly anyone knows about this. It has hardly been publicised. I found out only by chance.

Akire · 30/04/2015 00:55

Heard about it on the radio this week briefly. Dosnt sound THAT bad unless you are poor sod who is olde and never applied for a photo card and now needs one.
But most people should be able to go on line to get a code etc faff about at the airport not undoable just right royal PITA

differentnameforthis · 30/04/2015 04:46

I don't know why it matters to have a code.

Dh & I travelled to the UK recently & hired a car. We don't have a paper licence, or paper add on, just a plastic credit card-sized licence.

We has no trouble at all & no one asked to see anything except his licence.

Perfectlypurple · 30/04/2015 06:03

akire if you have an old style licence it is still valid. You do not need to apply for a photo card.

YonicScrewdriver · 30/04/2015 06:15

Yes it's pants. What if your travel arrangements break down and you need to hire a car last minute (like the Icelandic volcano a few years ago)

Nolim · 30/04/2015 06:34

I read about this a few weeks ago. I have never seen the point of the paper counterpart tbh.

MsRaspberryJam · 30/04/2015 06:37

I don't think it will be so bad. People will find it easier to get a code from the internet in an emergency than their counterpart out of the kitchen drawer at home.

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