Driving Licence Renewal for the 60+'s

A question about : Driving Licence Renewal for the 60+'s

My driving licence (the paper part of a photocard licence) is very tatty & expires in November. We are having overseas driving holidays before then & I would prefer a licence that wasn't falling to pieces.

Am I right in thinking that for a 62 year old the licence will expire when I am 70 regardless of whether I renew it now or November & that the cost will be the same?

I don't find the information on the DVLA website easy to understand!

Best answers:

• I would think so, when does you photo expire.
• Ignore the paper counterpart completely - from this June, it has no official purpose at all.
  https://insidedvla.blog.gov.uk/2015/...for-abolition/
• Thanks for that. It can all wait until November when my 10 year licence expires.
• If they use your passport photo for your driving licence does the 10 year life of the driving licence photo begin when your passport was issued or when they issue your new driving licence?
• Thank you but the reason for the question is that I am 62 but my passport photo, which they are suggesting that I use for my Driving Licence renewal will be 10 years old before I am 70 - when this new licence will expire.
  Hence the question of when does the 10 year driving licence photo life begin. If it is when the Driving Licence is issued it could be nearly
  20 years old by the time it ran out for a younger driver.
  If it stops me needing another licence before age 70 I would prefer to use a new photo now.