Oh well I will add my little bit since someone revived it.
A few months ago my GF took her driving test, she travelled about half a mile before the examiner asked her to pull over. He said 'you are a driver aren't you'
At this point she had to come clean with him, and explain that she had applied for a provisional licence to take a driving test because the DVLA refused to change the name on her licence back to her maiden name. She showed him her full licence with her married name (Divorced 10 years ago), her divorce certificate and her passports that are in her maiden name.
The examiner thought there was something dodgy and she was taking the test for someone else. Apparently he wasn't surprised when she explained all the problems she had with the DVLA and then carried on with the driving test.
Yep, she now has two licences.
I know what you are thinking, but the answer is 'NO' she can not use one for points, because here is the stupid part. 'The licence number is the same on both of her licences'
She applied for a provisional licence and took her test again because the DVLA expected her to travel to Zimbabwe to get another divorce certificate, because the one she has says 'copy' and failed to accept that another one from the courts would also state 'copy' on it.
The DVLA are a very thick an inefficient department.
