DVLA has banned me from driving for 4 years..and it wasnt me

[Burwood]

OP, are you saying the convicted chap has exactly the same DOB(full)? What would be the next piece of personal data to distinguish you from him? Eye colour, hair, height or address. I assume address would be next. Im not surfier they have anything else. Glad it's sorted

[Burwood]

OP, are you saying the convicted chap has exactly the same DOB(full)? What would be the next piece of personal data to distinguish you from him? Eye colour, hair, height or address. I assume address would be next. Im not surfier they have anything else. Glad it's sorted

[Davel]

Great result for you but also think that you need it in writing just to protect yourself.

Frightening how this could happen.

[ToMBoMB]

Davel said:

Great result for you but also think that you need it in writing just to protect yourself.

Frightening how this could happen.

DVLA are sending me something through the post in writing and in it apparently will be an apology for inconvenience. (but they are not taking the blame )

Edited by ToMBoMB on Wednesday 4th January 13:10

[mgtony]

What does the on-line licence check show at the moment?

[techguyone]

Wonder who will get the blame for confusing 4 months with four years too.

[WinstonWolf]

ToMBoMB said:

Just had a call from the DVLA saying that the ban has been removed from my record.. Interestingly they are still blaming the court for sending them over incorrect information whilst the man at the court said that it was the DVLA that had done something wrong.

Great news, I'm surprised and pleased that you got it sorted so quickly.

[ToMBoMB]

mgtony said:

What does the on-line licence check show at the moment?

Still banned, can take 48 hours to update

[ToMBoMB]

techguyone said:

Wonder who will get the blame for confusing 4 months with four years too.

I thought that when reading the article...

[williamp]

cb1965 said:

My money is on the DVLA, a more disinterested and incompetent bunch of ****s it is hard to imagine!

well done OP. celebrate by driving to the pub for a beer. You got away with it once....

As for the above. Usually we'll hear that lessons will be learnt. However this is the DVLA so....

[robinessex]

So, roadside checks by the Police, using computer data bases. What can go wrong? GIGO machines, garbage in, garbage out!!

[Mike_Mac]

cb1965 said:

My money is on the DVLA, a more disinterested and incompetent bunch of ****s it is hard to imagine!

HMRC... but only by a close margin!

[Sheepshanks]

ToMBoMB said:

techguyone said:

Wonder who will get the blame for confusing 4 months with four years too.

I thought that when reading the article...

I did wonder if the ban might be shorter as he was caught by the lower limit in Scotland, but a quick Google suggests not. So a 4 month ban isn't feasible. 4 years sounds a lot though if it's his first offence, although setting fire to his Dad's car probably doesn't go down too well.

[worsy]

Sheepshanks said:

ToMBoMB said:

techguyone said:

Wonder who will get the blame for confusing 4 months with four years too.

I thought that when reading the article...

I did wonder if the ban might be shorter as he was caught by the lower limit in Scotland, but a quick Google suggests not. So a 4 month ban isn't feasible. 4 years sounds a lot though if it's his first offence, although setting fire to his Dad's car probably doesn't go down too well.

Completely off topic but the headline reads "Drunk Wishaw man admits setting fire to his dad's car" at 33mg. Just shows what a complete farce having a different limit in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK is.

[aeropilot]

RichB said:

ToMBoMB said:

Just had a call from the DVLA saying that the ban has been removed from my record.. Interestingly they are still blaming the court for sending them over incorrect information whilst the man at the court said that it was the DVLA that had done something wrong.

Good for you. Personally I wouldn't do all the social media stuff and newspapers but I would write (on paper) to your MP, copy the Secretary of State for Transport, a formally worded complaint and precis of what happened. These sort of mix ups are not good enough and has been said the other guy is probably driving round with a licence.

^This.

[julian64]

aeropilot said:

RichB said:

ToMBoMB said:

Just had a call from the DVLA saying that the ban has been removed from my record.. Interestingly they are still blaming the court for sending them over incorrect information whilst the man at the court said that it was the DVLA that had done something wrong.

Good for you. Personally I wouldn't do all the social media stuff and newspapers but I would write (on paper) to your MP, copy the Secretary of State for Transport, a formally worded complaint and precis of what happened. These sort of mix ups are not good enough and has been said the other guy is probably driving round with a licence.

^This.

Tosh. Everyone makes mistakes, every large organisation makes mistakes. DVLA is far from perfect. No matter what you do or say or how many letters you write they will always make mistakes.

The original advice was sound. continue to drive and just let the DVLA know. The chances or this ending up with you arrested were virtually zero, and the chances of you being uninsured at the site of an accident were also zero.

Too many hand wringers on this thread.

[aeropilot]

julian64 said:

aeropilot said:

RichB said:

ToMBoMB said:

Just had a call from the DVLA saying that the ban has been removed from my record.. Interestingly they are still blaming the court for sending them over incorrect information whilst the man at the court said that it was the DVLA that had done something wrong.

Good for you. Personally I wouldn't do all the social media stuff and newspapers but I would write (on paper) to your MP, copy the Secretary of State for Transport, a formally worded complaint and precis of what happened. These sort of mix ups are not good enough and has been said the other guy is probably driving round with a licence.

^This.

Tosh. Everyone makes mistakes, every large organisation makes mistakes. DVLA is far from perfect. No matter what you do or say or how many letters you write they will always make mistakes.

bks.
It's not about not making mistakes, it about organisational proceedures that should do all that is possible to avoid making such mistakes....or rather proceedures that should be in place to pick up such enevitable human errors before they leave that organisation. That's why they need to be reported, or rather politely pointed out via the route mentioned above.

[Vaud]

aeropilot said:

bks.
It's not about not making mistakes, it about organisational proceedures that should do all that is possible to avoid making such mistakes....or rather proceedures that should be in place to pick up such enevitable human errors before they leave that organisation. That's why they need to be reported, or rather politely pointed out via the route mentioned above.

^^ This.

They seem to have dealt with it quite quickly.

However for something so serious, someone needs to find out what went wrong in the process and fix it. A well worded and polite complaint is the right mechanism to make sure it gets the right focus and resources.

[julian64]

aeropilot said:

julian64 said:

aeropilot said:

RichB said:

ToMBoMB said:

Just had a call from the DVLA saying that the ban has been removed from my record.. Interestingly they are still blaming the court for sending them over incorrect information whilst the man at the court said that it was the DVLA that had done something wrong.

Good for you. Personally I wouldn't do all the social media stuff and newspapers but I would write (on paper) to your MP, copy the Secretary of State for Transport, a formally worded complaint and precis of what happened. These sort of mix ups are not good enough and has been said the other guy is probably driving round with a licence.

^This.

Tosh. Everyone makes mistakes, every large organisation makes mistakes. DVLA is far from perfect. No matter what you do or say or how many letters you write they will always make mistakes.

bks.
It's not about not making mistakes, it about organisational proceedures that should do all that is possible to avoid making such mistakes....or rather proceedures that should be in place to pick up such enevitable human errors before they leave that organisation. That's why they need to be reported, or rather politely pointed out via the route mentioned above.

He's alerted them as advised, they have quickly corrected the error. Writing complaint letters will serve very little purpose here apart from allowing you to vent your spleen.

It is comments from the hand wringers that made this a storm In a teacup, and further handwringing that wants the storm of their own making to be addressed in a storm like manner.

But if you feel the need to be all daily mail....go ahead

[blueg33]

Mistakes happen. Its about how the mistake is dealt with and resolved that is critical.

If DVLA and Court were doing nothing about it but saying "too bad, we'll sort it when we get round to it" or "not our problem", then yes I would be making a massive fuss. If they are sorting it quickly, then I would thank them.