Dumb Question - Drivers Licence

TechFunctions · 22 Oct 2011 at 20:37

Hey, Anyone know if your drivers licence has to have the same address as your insurance.

Cheers

adscan · 22 Oct 2011 at 20:54

why would it be differerent? surely they are all the same?

TechFunctions · 22 Oct 2011 at 20:56

Just moved changed my insurance however having issues with getting the DVLA to change my drivers licence.

Randomface74 · 22 Oct 2011 at 21:00

Yeah - your drivers license it supposed to have your current address on it - it's where they send your speeding tickets - quite annoying if you move regularly.

The Badger · 22 Oct 2011 at 21:08

Its free to change your address on your license when you move.

J.B · 23 Oct 2011 at 11:45

Nick.123 said:
Just moved changed my insurance however having issues with getting the DVLA to change my drivers licence.

What kind of issues, I've had to change my address about 5 or 6 times and never had an issue. Just fill in the part on the paper counterpart and send it off to Swansea.

ZG002 · 23 Oct 2011 at 11:52

billysielu said:
Yeah - your drivers license it supposed to have your current address on it - it's where they send your speeding tickets - quite annoying if you move regularly.

They send speeding tickets to the registered owner of the car so it goes to what ever address is on the V5 of said car.

Colbaker · 23 Oct 2011 at 14:53

I am pretty sure it's illegal to have the wrong address on your drivers licence.

Rroff · 23 Oct 2011 at 14:57

Colbaker said:
I am pretty sure it's illegal to have the wrong address on your drivers licence.

Not sure its "illegal" quite in that sense - but you are required to have an upto date address on it and if the cops pull you over for something and find its not correct they will generally throw the book at you that much harder, especially if what they originally pulled you over for turned out to be less of an issue than they first thought.

SlyReaper · 23 Oct 2011 at 15:53

The Badger said:
Its free to change your address on your license when you move.

It is if you can find the paper part of the license and can send it off. But I always lose mine, especially in the chaos involved in moving house. Costs 20 quid if you don't send off the paper bit, which is bonkers because they issue a new one regardless.

TRNC · 23 Oct 2011 at 16:04

As far as the Original question goes, NO you do not have to have the same address on your license as your insurance. They could be different for a whole host of perfectly legal and legit reasons.

therealnerd2 · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:46

TRNC said:
As far as the Original question goes, NO you do not have to have the same address on your license as your insurance. They could be different for a whole host of perfectly legal and legit reasons.

Exactly. Insurance address is where you keep the car. Driving licence address could be somewhere totally different.

TechFunctions · 25 Oct 2011 at 06:48

Thanks for the reply's guys!

SKILL · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:13

SlyReaper said:
It is if you can find the paper part of the license and can send it off. But I always lose mine, especially in the chaos involved in moving house. Costs 20 quid if you don't send off the paper bit, which is bonkers because they issue a new one regardless.

If you do it online they don't seem to care if you send the old one back or not, although they do request it...

As to the OP's question, not sure there's a problem as such, but it's probably a good idea to have it at least at an address that you can receive mail at.

For several years whilst at uni (and a bit afterwards) I left my address on my licence as my mums house, that way I receive any post should I get any but saves me the hassle of changing it 'constantly', never had any problems.

helpimcrap · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:18

therealnerd2 said:
Exactly. Insurance address is where you keep the car. Driving licence address could be somewhere totally different.

Aye, drivers license address is where you live (with the mrs

)....

insurance address is where the cars kept overnight at the mistresses.

we know.....

paddy · 25 Oct 2011 at 07:59

When I was at Uni my drivers licence - parents address - was different to the insurance - student ghetto - police didn't care when I had to show them docs

freak2002 · 25 Oct 2011 at 09:28

My insurance, tax, car reg is all to my current house.

License is still with the parents house. I moved out 4 years ago but it never seemed worth changing it as we seem to move every year and its a PITA to do.

I am going to be changing it this week as the pic is out of date anyway and hopefully we will be staying here for a few years.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 25 Oct 2011 at 09:47

DiG · 25 Oct 2011 at 11:59

I have my insurance where I live, but my drivers license back at my parents address.

I figure that as I'm going to be moving fairly regularly for the next couple of years, and my parents will pass on any post to me, that I would be fine leaving it, is that not the case?