motorcycle entitlement

Redmurty · Post by **Redmurty** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:39 pm

My mate has just had his motorcycle entitlement removed from his licence after changing his address has anyone successfully had it reversed

Cheers Spud

Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:34 pm

I am due to have my photo licence renewed next month and that's something I don't want to hear. Was his an old paper licence or a photo card one? In the past I have always 'lost' my old one just in case

Mawsley · Post by **Mawsley** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:38 pm

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... s_and_lack

Redmurty · Post by **Redmurty** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:40 pm

Big Red wrote:I am due to have my photo licence renewed next month and that's something I don't want to hear. Was his an old paper licence or a photo card one? In the past I have always 'lost' my old one just in case

He passed his test in 99 and dvla said there records don't go that far back :blink:
he has been told he will have to re do his test, it was a straight forward address change

Cheers Spud

Big Yellow Tractor · Post by **Big Yellow Tractor** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:02 pm

Big Red wrote:I am due to have my photo licence renewed next month and that's something I don't want to hear. Was his an old paper licence or a photo card one? In the past I have always 'lost' my old one just in case

This was publicised about the time I changed from a paper license so I took a photocopy and a photo of my old one before sending it in. I recently renewed my HGV and somehow managed to end up with a spare photocard one too.

Tonibe63 · Post by **Tonibe63** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:11 pm

Big Red wrote:I am due to have my photo licence renewed next month and that's something I don't want to hear. Was his an old paper licence or a photo card one? In the past I have always 'lost' my old one just in case

Renewed mine online using my passport photo so you keep hold of your old photocard licence until the new arrives (thumbs)

Tramp · Post by **Tramp** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:14 pm

I take it he sent his old paper bit back with change of address?...did he have the new card bit?...

I never send back docs just do it online or fill in a form , you can inc a stapped addressed envelope requesting the original is returned ...different dept handles it so they cant fuck it up....

As a hgv driver im always updating stuff as i can drive and operate most things with a engine or hydraulics...

steve_h80 · Post by **steve_h80** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:48 pm

When I moved earlier in the year I did the same. Do it online and dont send back the old one until the new one arrives. It's technically wrong to do this, but so is cocking up someones entitlement.
There was a case a few years back when someone lost his m/c entitlement but gained an hgv!!!
As ever dvlc insisted that reality was at fault, not them.
The phrase fuckin clueless springs to mind.

Andi_Archer · Post by **Andi_Archer** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:08 pm

I believe I read a few years ago that they manually entered all the old data into the new system and its a bitch to get it corrected.FYI a photocopy doesnt actually prove anything it has to be an origional document.
There was reportedly a motorbike instructor that had to redo his test a few years ago because of the same issue.

DVLA explanation of the procedure here https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... s_and_lack

SteveR · Post by **SteveR** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:22 pm

Mawsley wrote:https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ ... s_and_lack

Pretty shocking statistic at the bottom end of that page on the number of errors, but about par for the course for Govt databases.

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