Goodbye forever?? Farewell to paper driving licences…

 

I must say, I felt somewhat emotional as I glanced down at the tea-stained, cat-chewed and unevenly folded paper part of my driving licence after reading that from the 8^th June it won’t be required.

 

The DVLA will no longer be issuing the paper part to the driving licence that has always accompanied your photo card. From the 8^th June 2015 you are advised to destroy your old paper licence, however if you still have the original, pre-1998 paper licence without the photo card this will still be valid.

 

You can check your licence for any endorsements online – go to the DVLA website for this and other information (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/driving-licence-changes)

 

I don’t think many people will miss them, although I will be keeping mine – I think it could become a collector’s item!