SHE SAYS...

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32019, 20 June 1969, Page 13

SHE SAYS...

If you should be unfortunate enough to misplace your driving licence It is not really a disaster, for it is fairly simple to obtain a duplicate of the one you have lost You should apply to the council which issued Or last renewed the licence, and you will, for a small fee, be issued with a duplicate licence with very little delay. A driver’s licence is an important document and is very useful for identification purposes. Where to keep your licence to avoid losing it is a matter of individual preference. Men tend to carry their licences in their wallets, and women usually keep theirs in their handbags. Some motorists carry their licence in the car at all times, in the glove-box or one of the small storage compartments. Others keep it at home with their other Important papers, including car ownership papers and insurance policies. It is not essential to cany your licence with you at all times, of course, although if you are asked for it by a traffic officer and cannot produce it, you will be required to produce it within seven days. If you do not produce it, you can be charged with failing to do so, whether you hold a current licence or not It is particularly important to keep your licence current, too. Many licences expire at the end of this month, so it would be wise to ebeck the expiry date on yours: if you last renewed it for a fiveyear period, it is easy to forget just when it expires. If you have an accident and your licence has expired, so that legally you are an unlicensed driver, you could find that your insurance company refuses to cover you—in such circumstances forgetting or not bothering to renew your licence could prove very expensive. Other motoring documents which may get lost are warrant of fitness and registra-

tion stickers these are usually lost when a windscreen is broken, and the driver forgets to salvage the stickers from the remains of the screen. If this happens to you, you can obtain a duplicate registration sticker from the registration branch of the Post Office, and if you still have your punched warrant of fitness card you can also obtain a duplicate warrant sticker.