Two Licenses

[George 500]

Before I start I have not yet done anything nefarious and this is a question about the technical aspects rather than the ethical ones but out of curiosity...

I have two licenses as a result of living in China and wanting to drive there. So how does this work with UK speeding?

I have just been docked for toddling along at 70 in a 60 in a hire car which irritatingly takes me back up to 6 points and I was just wondering what would have happened if I rented using my Chinese license?

Given I cannot get UK points on a Chinese license dos this mean I could wriggle out with just a fine? There is certainly no link between the two...

Could one even drive one's own car and state a valid foreign countries license if one was pinged?

[George 500]

Pat Cash said:

I have the same - a UK licence and a Chinese licence... I seem to remember reading on the DVLA website that you're supposed to surrender your UK licence after 12 months (or was it 3 years?) of being resident outside of the UK.
So I guess that your UK licence could technically be invalid anyhow?

Think that is very technically though isn't it? One assumes that if one ever returned one would have to retake a UK license then? To use a Chinese phrase- mega mafan!

[George 500]

How would they link them?

The advantage of a Chinese license is that it uses my Chinese name- once you take the English name, translate it to something similar in Chinese characters and then translate back into the roman alphabet it is subtly different

[George 500]

hora said:

So basically you are trying to dodge points.

I would never do such a thing obviously...