Licence renewal

[Sandycheeks]

I know this isn't necessarily a bike related question but hey ho !

My driving license photo-card ran out last year and I haven't bothered to renew it because....I feel I am being bent over and shafted !

When I got my license way back in 1997 I had the understanding that my license was valid until I reached ~70 and would then have to be assessed again.

I was forced to have a photo-card license when I moved house around 7 years ago otherwise I would still be paper only like a good few people I know still are.

What makes it worse is that couple of months before it ran out I passed my bike test. A WEEK before my photo-card expired I got my new license through with motorcycles added and that only had the remaining week left on it.

What an absolute load of steaming **** !

Is there anything I can do about it ?

 

[Sandycheeks]

I know but they charge ~£20.00 for what ?
It just infuriates me that this kind of stealing is legal.

 

[Sandycheeks]

I don't want a photo-card license so why am i forced to pay for one.
Others I know don't have one and therefore have no need to pay extra.

 

[Sandycheeks]

But you want your license to have the motorcycle symbols on it where as the people you know with paper don't want this.

Besides a lot can change about someone's looks within 10years.

The annoying thing is the fact that the DVLA sent out a new licence with a week left on it after I passed my MC test.
Surely somebody could have said "hang on a minute, instead of sending this out with a week left on it which will be a massive waste of money/time/effort, we'll get him to send in a photo and issue the new licence instead".

My hatred for this aside, I am going to renew my licence and have kind of decided to grow the biggest ugliest beard and let my hair grow wild just for the photo, that way my photo won't really look like me anyway and will make me feel a bit better about it all.

I might not look exactly as I did 10 years ago but it's clear to see it's me !