"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 12:43:39 -0000, Terry Casey wrote:

Just got my replacement 3 year photo licence why do you have to keep
the fragile bit of paper with the photocard but also keep it safe.
The silly bit of paper would be a lot safer locked up at home than
kicking about in my wallet.

Are you sure about that?

Well on the front top of the bit of paper it has:

KEEP THIS SAFE
Counterpart Driving Licence
Important Document - The photocard and paper counterpart should be kept
together. Both must be produced when required.

The card part is governed by EU directives. The expectation by the EU
was that this would be the whole licence.

The UK decided it want more than the EU directive required, hence the
paper bit.

I gave the paper bit (as well as the photo card) to a French Plod when he
stopped me.

He thought it was my car registration and queried why it didn't say Ford ...
on it

tim