Driving license question

I'd go parent's address for your licence (note sp you naughty Dr)and keep it up to date from now on.

Just put your parents address and keep it at the correct address from now on! You can get a hefty fine for not having accurate details on your license, convictions or not.

Gah. I always struggle with this. Also, practice/practise, offence/offense etc.

Given that you were the person who gave me the means to distinguish stationery/stationary ("E is for envelope"), fancy making me a little memory prompt for this?

Hmmm (unless American, in which case you were right) the thing is a C and the action an S. Now thinking of mnemonic..

How about C is for Cat (noun) and S is for spaying (verb). It's not very good, is it?

I know this. I MUST sort mine as its all out of date and wrong. Old pic, wrong address and in maiden name.

Excellent, Cats are Spayed. It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be something I remember. That is now banked.

My most rubbish memory prompt is used to differentiate the capital cities of Rwanda (Kigali) and Uganda (Kampala). Rwanda is alphabetically first but its capital is alphabetically last. It's not elegant, but once you formulate it, it sticks!

Well, after the system failed to identify me and I made a panic call to the DVLA, I'm halfway to sorted.

I am still at my parents' address. They bought the story of it being my only permanent residence so done. Will change to my new one with this application.

Unfortunately, the name on my record is incorrect (hence the system not tracking me). I use two different spellings of my middle name, the more common for job/bank etc and the official for goverment documentation such as passport/marriage cert etc. My DL is registered to the common spelling, so will not cross-match my passport (obviously not an issue 19 years ago when first applying).

So no easy online application for me. Anyone want owt at the post office?

Can you see if they've got a sale on tenners for me please?

My favourite is a mnemonic for remembering how to spell diarrhoea...

D oesn't

I t

A lways

R un

R eally

H orribly

O ver

E ach

A nkle?

I have got to change my name, so annoying as I only changed my address 3 years ago. It's not worth the £1000 fine plus the fact that your insurance is void if you are driving with an invalid licence ☹️

Another vote for parents address

I'm pretty sure your driving licence can't be invalid just because it's in your maiden name? Who's to say you changed your name? It does have to match your log book, insurance and tax though. All of mine are still in maiden name. I can't be arsed to change them.

I didn't say your licence, I said your insurance (which I now know to be untrue). It should be renewed every 10 years though.

Just found this on the Post Office website. You are OK with a paper licenece if your details haven't changed and if you have an expired card licence then this can effect your insurance.

Ahh sorry - I thought you said your insurance would be void because you had an invalid licence - meaning if you hadn't changed your name on your licence it would be invalid and therefore so would your insurance.

I have moved a couple of times and not bothered but Mr Ska is very organised and naggs me to do stuff right.

Thank you for this!! I always get this word mixed up and often have to right it for work - this is a very useful way of remembering it!

Re the driving licence - I know it's slightly different as it was mainly for uni but I kept my mum's address while I was living away for uni then about a year afterwards, and just used my mum's address when finally updating it and nothing happened.

Edit - Sorry - just read you've already sorted this - missed that bit!

That would of cost a fortune, , ,?

This reminds me that I need to update mine- thanks footers.

At once stage I used to move from one grotty house share to another every six months. I never changed my licence though and even when stopped by the police they diddnt seem to mind.