DVLA rule means you might not be 'legally' driving if you were born in this year

Drivers aged 70 and implicit indispensable renew their driving licence erstwhile they deed the milestone and each 3 years aft that - adjacent if they consciousness assured down the wheel

Elderly drivers person been warned they could beryllium breaking the instrumentality nether a strict yet little-known DVLA rule.

Age UK, a starring foundation for the elderly, has cautioned that adjacent if you consciousness assured down the wheel, it's mandatory to renew your driving licence erstwhile you crook 70, and each 3 years thereafter.

The foundation issued a informing to drivers calved earlier 1954, stating: "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."

They clarified: "No, you don't person to retake your driving trial astatine 70, but you bash person to marque a wellness declaration erstwhile renewing your licence. And if you person a wellness information oregon disability, you whitethorn person to person your driving quality assessed. " The DVLA should nonstop you a D46P exertion signifier 90 days earlier your 70th birthday.

Age UK further advised: "Don't hide to use for immoderate other categories of conveyance covered connected your aged licence if you inactive privation to beryllium capable to thrust them. 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. If your licence expires and you don't use for a caller one, you won't legally beryllium allowed to drive."

It tin instrumentality up to 3 weeks to renew your licence if you use by post, truthful you mightiness similar to renew online instead, the foundation added.

If the DVLA doesn't popular an exertion signifier successful your post, you've got a fewer options: download a D1 signifier online and capable it retired oregon bid a D1 signifier online, capable it retired and nonstop it backmost to the DVLA. You tin besides nip down to your section Post Office and inquire for a D1 signifier oregon petition a driving licence exertion signifier straight from the DVLA, reports Birmingham Live.

According to the Drivers Instructors Association, determination were astir six cardinal drivers successful the UK aged 70 and supra successful 2023. It estimated that 5.9 cardinal oregon astir 14 per cent of each licenced drivers successful Britain are implicit the property of 70.