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    Fading of License and RC

    This is a genuine issue that RTA should take up seriously, both my RC and license have been partly faded, i had never exposed them to either sunlight or water ,carefully kept in leather pouch but still it fades....
    my name is hardly visible now,such a worst printing and the photo is long gone. Cops here in HYD want a neat well maintained RC and LC otherwise they chalan you , they already know that its RTA fault..when asked one cop simply said " vapas license keliye apply karo" , and we know we have to swarm around the RTA office to renew a license.


    any tips on how to sustain the print on the cards? i've tried many ways but still it fades
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  • #2
    Query approved.
    (Been There Done That) x 3.25

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    • #3
      Best is to get Color photocopy of RC and license and get it laminated (both the photocopy and original). Keep laminated color photocopy with you all the time and keep the originals at home (for city only). Works like charm..

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      • #4
        What i do for All my R/Cs is take a broad strip of clear cello-tape and cover it up. my license has been safe since 2002 as a result.


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        • #5
          Originally posted by abhichotu.abhi View Post
          Best is to get Color photocopy of RC and license and get it laminated (both the photocopy and original). Keep laminated color photocopy with you all the time and keep the originals at home (for city only). Works like charm..

          I have a color photocopy of both,it is fine with RC however nowadays license cards are coming equipped with some sim card type... so the photocopy of license would be useless.Also if you laminate RC you run risk of having the print peeled off when the lamination goes off.


          Originally posted by jd666 View Post
          What i do for All my R/Cs is take a broad strip of clear cello-tape and cover it up. my license has been safe since 2002 as a result.
          But once you peel off the tape the print would also come off right?
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          • #6
            Originally posted by ceasar View Post
            I have a color photocopy of both,it is fine with RC however nowadays license cards are coming equipped with some sim card type... so the photocopy of license would be useless.Also if you laminate RC you run risk of having the print peeled off when the lamination goes off.

            This type of RC is already here from some 5-6 years back. So, AFAIK that SIM type connector is never ever used in the whole life of you and your RC card... lol.. No prpblem even if you get it laminated or stick cello tape. OR TELL THE LAMINATION GUY TO NOT LAMINATE THAT SIM TYPE CONNECTOR.
            Answer in BOLD.

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            • #7
              Wifey got an additional copy of original plastic license by paying additional Rs 30 (with receipt) at RTO. So she has two of them & one cannot identify which is original & which is a copy.

              Mine is a book, printed in 1996, still touch wood. Reason? I don't carry it on leather pouch, I always have it in my back pack wrapped up in a plastic cover.

              Like you said, the morons who frame the law should think about all these. This country was used to book license (as if they're going to fill with traffic offense on all pages) until a decade ago. I hope they'll change in few years from now.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by abhichotu.abhi View Post
                Answer in BOLD.
                It is not OK when you use photocopy without the SIM, and regarding laminating the License my question still stands : "what you're gonna do if by chance the lamination gets off after some days /years ? the paint certainly would come off along with it.

                Originally posted by aargee View Post
                Wifey got an additional copy of original plastic license by paying additional Rs 30 (with receipt) at RTO. So she has two of them & one cannot identify which is original & which is a copy.

                Mine is a book, printed in 1996, still touch wood. Reason? I don't carry it on leather pouch, I always have it in my back pack wrapped up in a plastic cover.

                Like you said, the morons who frame the law should think about all these. This country was used to book license (as if they're going to fill with traffic offense on all pages) until a decade ago. I hope they'll change in few years from now.
                you have it in a backpack because it is a book but a leather pouch can easily accommodate a small card and i have it wrapped in a plastic cover too.
                I'd prefer a book to a card at least the ink wont come off if you protect it .
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ceasar View Post
                  It is not OK when you use photocopy without the SIM, and regarding laminating the License my question still stands : "what you're gonna do if by chance the lamination gets off after some days /years ? the paint certainly would come off along with it.
                  But how and WHY? No policeman across whole Indian that I have came across checks the license by any electronic machine? They just see it. What's the problem?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by ceasar View Post
                    you have it in a backpack because it is a book but a leather pouch can easily accommodate a small card and i have it wrapped in a plastic cover too.
                    The size of the book is almost the same size of my credit card
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                    • #11
                      I am also facing this problem, will pasting cello tape a good idea?
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                      • #12
                        luckily my liscence is neither a card nor a book .........i got it when the system was in transition phase from book to card. it is in the form of a paper slip with width of an A4 size paper and about 3-4 inch height and there is dotted line in the center to fold. so i folded it and got it laminated. now part lamination is coming off so i will again laminate it over the existing lamination.
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                        • #13
                          There generally is no problem if the smart card fades. It's a smart card for a reason, generally when a cop stops you he is supposed to have with him his portable smart card reader. Even if your photo and stuff is faded, all the information can be accessed upon reading the smart card. "don't pay a cop if he is lazy to carry what he is supposed to".

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                          • #14
                            Do Not Laminate the Original RC and License

                            Guy for any reason, please do not laminate the RC. If the RC is laminated, then when you are selling your bike or exchange, the Bike becomes non salable.
                            2006 I registered my TVS Star City in chennai, the RTO gave me a large sized (double the size of A4 sheet) certificate as the RC for the Bike. I was like . How am i gonna maintain this ?? Since my room had termites attack often, i laminated the original RC. Few months back, I bought a new pulsar 135 and exchanged the old star city. The dealer took it without any questions. After a week i got a call from the dealer stating please collect ur old bike sir, the bike is non salable since you have laminated the RC (cannot endorse the new buyers name). I tried my best to have him keep it, but eventually I have my old bike parked in my apartment parking. Also I am afraid to sell the bike without the ownership transfer else i wud have given it to some college going guy.

                            Lesson learned, Do not laminate the RC for Any reason.
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