What is the maximum permitted trailer weight when towing with a Category B licence?

What is the maximum permitted trailer weight when towing with a Category B licence? How does this change when the licence holder has categories B and E? I have been unable to find anyone who can supply...

Should a car hire company return its copy of my driving licence to me after the hire is finished?

I had to hire a car this week. The firm asked to see my licence and the paper part, both of which they photocopied. That’s ok, but am I entitled to ask for this copy to be returned to me when I finish...

HGV Medical At 45

Can my employer say that I cannot return to work, due to the DVLA not sending back my HGV licence because of a problem with sight in my right eye? After phoning the DVLA they told me it was fine for me...

Will I need to get a biometric passport before I can be issued with a photocard licence?

I was interested to read GG's letter about his licence problem, as I will have to renew my own driving licence in 2013 when I am 70 years old. I passed my driving test 50 years ago when I was 17 and still...

Will we need to apply for an international driving licence if living in France for six months per year?

We are planning to buy a property in France with a view to spending perhaps half the year there and the rest in the UK. I envisage that we shall be travelling between the two countries two or three times...

Can the authorities in any EC licence have penalty points added to my Guernsey licence?

I read in your column a reference to the Dutch police 'pushing for penalty points' (on a UK licence). Can they really do that? I am a resident of Guernsey, and as such have a Guernsey driving licence....

Mad World

Why is the DVLA so difficult to deal with? My driving licence is registered to one of two addresses I live at. I thought for simplicity I would get the licence changed to the address where my insurance...

Past imposterble

In 1996, when the Driving Theory Test was first introduced, I was employed as chief invigilator at a central London Test centre which processed about 200 candidates per day and we had about 4 invigilators...

What does the endorsement code MS60 mean?

I was recently stopped in Bodelwyddan, North Wales by a Police Traffic Officer in an unmarked car, having foolishly held a map in my left hand while looking for a turning (all be it, at low speed). I was...

My licence has apparently been revoked and I'm expecting a summons - help!

I was stopped on 30 August 2010 and the police officer said my licence was revoked in 2004. I have been stopped numerous times before and have always been legal. They impounded my car, even though my father...