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That's very surprising. How do they look up your license? Using your name? Driving is without a license in your "immediate possession" is definitely against th

• michaelt 5y ago
  In the UK you don't have to carry your license or insurance while driving - although you can be required to give your name, and to take those documents to a police station within 7 days. For certain crimes they can also arrest you and/or seize your vehicle. Of course, in the UK car registration plates are issued and attached by the dealer, before a car's first sale, and they never expire. So they can find the registered keeper of a vehicle just by looking at the plates.
  • FDSGSG 5y ago
    >Of course, in the UK car registration plates are issued and attached by the dealer, before a car's first sale, and they never expire. So they can find the registered keeper of a vehicle just by looking at the plates. Yet another situation where foreign registered vehicles are essentially immune from UK traffic enforcement.
    • kcolford 5y ago
      That's not that big a deal since the UK is essentially cut off from foreign countries by water (except for northern Ireland, but there's already a ton of exceptions around that...) I wouldn't be too surprised if foreign plates got pulled over randomly just because it's so rare.
      • FDSGSG 5y ago
        At least London is completely full of foreign cars, and it's really easy to drive to the UK thanks to eurotunnel and the ferries.