A question to all of us honest people out there you hear about these things happening down the pub and it always happens to some one eles well this has just happened to a mate of mine and yes it is hard to believe he lost his licence about 4 years ago for DD he done all the bits to get it back retest medicals E.T.C . And when it arrived from the DVLA it was clean should he tell the DVLA of there mistake or thank his lucky stars what would you do i would thank my lucky stars!!!1 
SSSHHTUUM! 
Its not his job to monitor DVLA staff.
if you get a ban, i’m sure you don’t get points.
If I got mine back & had nothing on the card or counterpart I wouldn’t even have told anyone, even a mate. Unless he’s a serial drink driver I would say nothing.
Why would anyone not keep quiet about it, I certainly would.
jobseeker:
if you get a ban, i’m sure you don’t get points.
Officially a DD endorsement lasts for 10 years and stays on your licence for 11 years.
honesty is not always the best policy !! speaking from personal experience 
deck21:
And when it arrived from the DVLA it was clean should he tell the DVLA of there mistake or thank his lucky stars what would you do i would thank my lucky stars!!!1
I assume you are referring to the ‘paper’ part of the licence that is showing as ‘clean’?
If so, I would think carefully before not reporting it to the dvla.
Job applications, insurance applications, etc, all ask if you have any endorsements, DD convictions, criminal offences, etc, and to state ‘NO’ would leave your mate in serious trouble if he had any sort of accident where the non-disclosure subsequently came to light.
He wouldn’t have to lie about anything. If asked a question, show licence and say what you see, it’s clean! Don’t volunteer the truth just be short with the answer.
same happened to me back in 2004 come back should of had dd on it and 3points i certanitly never told them
dri-diddly-iver:
He wouldn’t have to lie about anything. If asked a question, show licence and say what you see, it’s clean! Don’t volunteer the truth just be short with the answer.
Agree here got stopped 18 months ago and asked if I had any points showed the copper my counterpart from Coleraine which had no points on it but did not mention that I had 3 points on my shadow licence from Swansea. At no point did I deny having any points just left it to the copper to work it out for himself he never bothered to check with Swansea so on the face of it I had nul points 
Say nothing, and keep it clean for the future.
Tell him to go here, put in the driver license number, the postcode on the license and his national insurance number. It’ll tell him the details of his driving license including any endorsements as it is recorded on the DVLA database.
If it is indeed clean on there he’s been a lucky guy.
Got to agree and its against my usually honest nature, but say nothing , act daft etc as I’m sure he is a better driver now. The person who coined the phrase ‘honesty is the best policy’ was not refering to this situation and was most likley ■■■■■■ at the time anway.
Conor:
Tell him to go here, put in the driver license number, the postcode on the license and his national insurance number. It’ll tell him the details of his driving license including any endorsements as it is recorded on the DVLA database.If it is indeed clean on there he’s been a lucky guy.
I wouldn’t guarantee that what’s on the website agrees with what is printed on the licence. I have a full D1E on my licence and a provisional on my counterpart licence. On the website I have two full one’s and no provisional.
If it were my licence I would phone the D.V.L.A pretending to be a potential employer and see what their records say.
Dishonesty is nearly always the best policy.
mike68:
If it were my licence I would phone the D.V.L.A pretending to be a potential employer and see what their records say.Dishonesty is nearly always the best policy.
Until you get caught.
From personal experience, staff at DVLA will never admit that a mistake is their fault, it is always the fault of the customer.
What happens if in the future at some point he is involved in an accident and the police and insurance start investigating he could face big problems.
Eddie.
erfguy:
What happens if in the future at some point he is involved in an accident and the police and insurance start investigating he could face big problems.
Eddie.
I would think the insurance company would contact the dvla who would say he has a clean licence as that is what it says on his licence so that must be what they have on theres
Bear in mind also, that DD is a criminal offence and will show up on any CRB enquiry for the next 10 yrs.
When you apply for car insurance you are always specifically asked if you have had a DD conviction, the answer is simply yes or no… it matters not what is on your licence as it would be easily provable if the anomaly came to light that you KNEW about the conviction, remember that the application form is a legal document and any non-disclosed info will invalidate the contract.
Failing to disclose the conviction to a prospective employer could have extremely serious consequences as most/all employers cannot employ a previous DD driver due to insurance reasons, if asked about DD by a potential employer it won’t be sufficient to simply show him your licence, he will still expect a verbal or written answer which could open a new can of worms of obtaining employment by deceit (depending if the dishonest answer is given).