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Driving Licences to become smart cards


It appears that the paper section of the driving licence is to go the way of the dodo around 2015. The idea is to have all the information on one smart card which could include the licence holder’s photo, any endorsements and iris and fingerprint biometrics.

DVLA personal plates raise £4.7 million


More records were set by the Olympic- and Jubilee-themed personal plate sale at London’s City Hall.Jubilee tie-ins PR11 NCE and HA12 RRY fetched a combined total of £21,700, while Olympic plates, REL 44Y and RUN 3R, fetched £730 and £2,548 respectively.With the European Championships just hours away, England supporter Brian Brody, aged 66, of St John’s Wood, London, bought EN61 AND for £19,800. However, that was surpassed by HO11 AND which was bought by businessman John Holland, as a gift for his daughter, Kelly, for little over £25,500.

DVLA cashes in on Jubilee – More Personal Plates to be auctioned


The line between government officials and Del Boy gets ever thinner. The DVLA is auctioning royal-related number plates to cash-incoincide with the Jubilee. The auction at City Hall, London, on Thursday (June 7), includes PR11 NCE and HA12 RRY with reserves of £2,000. The final price is likely to be a bit higher – three years ago 1 HRH was bought for £113,815.

Classic cars to be exempt from MoT test


The DVLA has confirmed that classic cars will be exempt from the MoT test, following a public consultation. The announcement was made by Roads Minister Mike Penning today, who said: “We are committed to cutting out red tape which costs motorists money without providing significant overall benefits.