Just completing the change of keeper bit of the V5 and I am not sure what they mean by "Driver Number" of the new keeper. If I had to guess, I would think they are after the License Number, the combination surname/number (section 5 of pic license), but I am not sure.
Any ideas?.
Thanks
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You guessed right, that is what the driver number is. Not compulsory, but I put mine in.
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Thanks Cumfray, thats what I thought, but just that niggling doubt. Since the DVLA are responsible for both V5s and Driver Licenses, one would think they could at least identify the number by the same name.
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Thanks Cumfray, thats what I thought, but just that niggling doubt. Since the DVLA are responsible for both V5s and Driver Licenses, one would think they could at least identify the number by the same name.
They could try to, but they'd quickly get flak for father/son and other mixups
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>> Thanks Cumfray, thats what I thought, but just that niggling doubt. >> Since the DVLA are responsible for both V5s and Driver >> Licenses, one would think they could at least identify the number >> by the same name. They could try to, but they'd quickly get flak for father/son and other mixups
Indeed. I know of someone who shares my surname and date of birth and the first name is similar, only because they popped out on a credit search once. So we would have very similar driver numbers
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At the golf club there is a guy with the same name, surname, d.o.b. and place of birth as me.
It causes an irritating amount of chaos.
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Does he clean his car?
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And do you pick up his winnings?
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For sure he is a much better golfer than me - Bu then, so's my dog !
I shall check his car.
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Park in the captains parking spot. Blame it on the other guy.
I didnt know you chased a little white ball about, what do you play off?
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>what do you play off?
A little white sticky up thing in the middle of the tee.
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Fancy a thrash sometime ? Currently play off about 18.
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be a while yet, the ribs you see. remind me in the spring.
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Surely the driver number in this context is 1.
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I read often, only post occasionally
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Where do you play RF, one of the local courses?, Silvermere, Hoebridge, West Byfleet, I used to play Foxhills when in Surrey.
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guy with the same name, surname, d.o.b. and place of birth
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do you mean d.o.b. to include same year?
if so, it is quite some coincidence. your surname is not that common, is it? or, was the place of birth somewhere there were lots of people with the same surname? even then, the odds on the sharing same name and same d.o.b. must be quite high.
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I do mean d.o.b to include year. As it happens, about 15 minutes after me, AND in the same town in Wales.
Same name, date and +/- time of birth, in a town in South Wales now living in adjacent villages and members of the same golf club in central England. As it happens in between Wales and here we both spent a number of years in the same Berkshire town.
Goodness knows what the odds against are, but its still a pain in the butt.
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I think he means they could use the same terminology for the input field, rather then using peoples names to identify.
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one would think they could at least identify the number by the same name.
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the government would ideally like to give everyone just the one unique number for everything - driving, social security, nhs, passport and so on. but the liberty people won't allow it. hence even cross-referencing records is deemed to be "voluntary" .
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I saw the reply count and thought "what have I done?"
Thanks for attempting to clear it up truckersunite. I was indeed trying to say that they should refer to the number by one name on all their documents. Either call it a "License Number", a "Driver Number" or *gasp* a "Driver License Number".
Who knows maybe on some other form it is referred to as a "Driver License Number" and someone else is sat in their lounge scratching their head trying to figure out what number they are on about.
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I saw the reply count and thought "what have I done?" Thanks for attempting to clear it up truckersunite. I was indeed trying to say that they should refer to the number by one name on all their documents. Either call it a "License Number", a "Driver Number" or *gasp* a "Driver License Number". Who knows maybe on some other form it is referred to as a "Driver License Number" and someone else is sat in their lounge scratching their head trying to figure out what number they are on about.
Or the V5 form designer looked at "Driver License Number" and couldnt fit it in so shortened it to 'driver number'...sillyer things have happened.
StarGazer
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"Or the V5 form designer looked at "Driver License Number" and couldnt fit it in so shortened it to 'driver number'...sillyer things have happened."
Heavens forbid V5 form designer walk down the hall to where the Driver License format designer sits and ask what they shortened it to, in this case "License Number".
If I contacted the DVLA and suggested they use "DL Number", think they would give me a top management position?.
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the government would ideally like to give everyone just the one unique number for everything - driving, social security, nhs, passport and so on. but the liberty people won't allow it. hence even cross-referencing records is deemed to be "voluntary" .
One number for everything - sounds far too much like common sense
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I seem to remember another government doing this some 60 odd years ago, didn't they insist on it being tatto'd onto the person as well??? Progrees uh!!
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Mark's scenario is an amazing coincidence, surely one of them is enough ;-), however the driver number format must mean that there are 000's of duplicates.
The one number that is unique however is one's National Insurance number.
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Mark's scenario is an amazing coincidence, surely one of them is enough ;-), however the driver number format must mean that there are 000's of duplicates.
i remember doing this at school in computer studies (lovely BBC computers).
First five letters = first five letters of your surname. if your surname is short, there will be an X in the gap(s)
Six number which is your date of birth in this order
number 1 = year number (e.g. 1971 would be 7)
number 2 and 3 = month
number 4 and 5 = month
number 6 = second year letter (1971 = 1)
Second group of letters is your initials for the first three slots. If like me you have no middle name, you get a 9 and the last two characters are random letters.
So you would have to have 676 people with same date of birth, surname and initials to get a double up.
The one number that is unique however is one's National Insurance number.
i think most numbers will be unique within their parameters.
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You might think so, but there are apparently some duplicate NI numbers about.
cock-up a couple of years ago.
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And now back to motoring.
DD.
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