Drivers turning 70-years-old warned to take action to avoid risking fines of up to £5,000

MOTORISTS person been warned to renew their licence erstwhile they crook 70 to debar hazard of being fined.

The regularisation volition necessitate drivers astatine 70 to renew their licence each 3 years with a punishment of assemblage work oregon adjacent six months successful prison.

Charity Age UK gave further details successful a blog post.

They wrote: "When you scope the property of 70, your driving licence expires - but this doesn't needfully mean you person to halt driving.

"If you privation to continue, you conscionable request to renew your licence. You'll request to renew it each 3 years aft that. Renewal is escaped of charge."

If motorists are spotted without a licence they could beryllium slapped with a brutal £5,000 fine.

Luckily DVLA volition nonstop retired a reminder arsenic you attack your 70th day and each 3 years thereafter.

To marque definite you're not astatine hazard of a punishment marque definite to capable successful the signifier arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable with a photograph and each the indispensable details.

A D46P exertion signifier volition get successful the station from the DVLA and person the instrumentality code connected the document.

Once this is posted disconnected it should instrumentality astir 3 weeks to get enactment done the system.

Those looking to prevention clip tin besides use online.

For the online form, you'll request an email address, your location addresses from the past 3 years, your National Insurance fig and a UK passport number.

Age UK besides reminds drivers who usage antithetic vehicles, similar campervans oregon minibuses, to use for the licence circumstantial to what you drive.

The station continued: "There mightiness beryllium other costs for these, but if you don't use for these other categories, you'll lone beryllium capable to thrust a car successful future."

It's perfectly harmless to deed the roads portion your licence is successful the process of being renewed, but if it's expired you mightiness tally into trouble.

You tin debar this by making definite to renew your licence earlier it expires.

The DVLA should beryllium successful interaction earlier this happens but marque definite to support an oculus connected your expiry day conscionable successful case.