Scrapping a car? Use an authorised treatment facility and get a Certificate of Destruction. Without it, the car can stay registered to you — and so can its fines. Tell the DVLA too.

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The legal eyesight standard: read a modern number plate from 20 metres, with glasses if you need them. If you can't any more, you must stop driving and tell the DVLA — not wait for your next renewal.

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At 70 your driving licence expires — you renew it, free, and then every 3 years after that. There's no test, but you do declare that your eyesight and health meet the standard. Worth knowing for parents too.

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RFID number plates? So we're literally walking billboards now. Can't even drive to the shops without getting scanned. Wild times. #DVLA

Not using the car for a while? Declare SORN and stop paying tax — but it must then be kept off the public road entirely. A SORN car on the street is an easy, avoidable fine.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan claims to be a victim of a scam after being convicted for not taxing a car he doesn't own. An investigation is underway following this bizarre case involving a 24-year-old Nissan Micra and a mix-up with DVLA correspondence. #SadiqKhan #Scam #DVLA