Realized I have been driving around without my driver's license!

Yep...it happened to me years ago. I never looked at my license and hadn't been pulled over...never got carded anymore. My license basically just sat in my wallet, unthought of. I got pulled over for something dumb like a license plate light and that's when I discovered that my license had expired. Luckily I knew the cop and he let me drive home. Actually, he escorted me. He could of arrested me which would have been horrible. It happens.

The roomie and I had been doing some cleaning during a nice day in the winter and we had a load to go to Goodwill. We jumped in the car and was halfway to Goodwill when I realized I didn't have my pouch with everything in it, but we just dropped the stuff off and came home to work some more anyway. I have actually gotten down the street other times and realized I didn't have it, but seldom too far to not turn around.

I have not driven around without my licence, but I have driven around for 3 months without a valid inspection sticker. the weird thing about it was, I was pi$$ed at the man who noticed it and told me.....I am thinking: Yes, of course, i know my inspection sticker ran out 3 months ago. lol

Yea, this happened to me. It's weired right? you're driving normal, and then when you found out that your license is not with you, you start thinking weird things. When I found out I don't have my license with me, I drive as fast as I can so I can go home already. lol! :)

Oh my God, be careful!! You know a ticket could come really expensive.

I got my drivers only last November, but from January last year until i get my driver's license i was driving. There a time that i was really afraid because i don't have any driver's license but perhaps i did it for almost 11 months going around the city without license. But I was force to get a license when 1 time i was so unlucky that month of November, I was stopped by a cop, and ask for my license, but i don't have any, so the cop took my motorcycle to their office. And my dad get it for me, and fine for 1000 pesos. That the time i was force to get my license, and now i am not afraid of driving anywhere. That's my experience in driving without my license.

It happened to me a few days ago. It's always scary when you realize you've done this, then drive around hoping that you don't get stopped for any reason. I couldn't get paid the other day when I forgot my wallet, my boss had to pay for my gas just so I could get home. I had to go the whole day without it, freaking out, hoping that I didn't get pulled over or get into an accident. I left my wallet on the bedside table after doing laundry the day before. So instead of putting it back in my sweater where it always is, I picked up my keys and forgot about it. It's easy to forget sometimes.

I have left and drove around without my drivers license before too. I was so glad to not get pulled over too.

Hi. blue65packer. I am glad that you was not caught by a cop. It was not your fault anyway. My husband has driven around without having his driver's license on him quite a few times. Luckily, he was not stopped or pulled over by a cop. This happens sometimes and it is scary, I know. It has never happened to me at all. I don't have a driver's license, but I will soon have one before this year is up with though.

I got stopped in a random sobriety check once. I was coming home from work, was sober, and handed my driver's license right over. The cop looked at it and asked me how long I'd been driving without a license. HUH?!! I freaked out. I didn't know what he was talking about. Long story short -- my license had been expired for a year! Usually DMV sends a notification for renewal, so I never checked the expiration date. (I do now!) I don't know why I never received my notice. Maybe it got lost, but it was a moot point then. I ended up having to go to court, pay a fine, and take all the eye, written, and driving tests over again to get a valid license. Who knows how long I would have continued to drive merrily along in blissful ignorance with no license if I hadn't been stopped during a routine check.

I've been driving without a license for a month. But I always do it every 5am when my boyfriend picked me up from a friends house. It really makes me scared. When the first time I learned how to drive I am a little bit addicted to it, so I'm driving without a license for a month but not anymore just got my permit and will take my driving test next month. Cops are really scary if they make you pull over.

I think I don't have my license with me while driving more often than have it with me. This is a very bad habit, and fortunately, I have not gotten pulled over so I just keep on doing it. I need to knock on wood now! I always change purses and wallets so everytime I am about to leave, I never want to go to the hassle of finding it and just leave. I don't even think twice about it now. I am going to start taking it out right when I get home and putting it in a little dish by the door so I always know where it is, and it is convenient to grab before I walk out. I think this will solve the problem :)

Several city in my country doesnt have good regulation about trafic. The cop is not always stay to watch out bad driver. Some people here drive with have no driving license but they know how to do to avoid the cop. They can choose alternatif road where the cop usually not stay. I with my friend were turn around city by city without driving license, and we were lucky, no cop disturb us

Yes i do also experienced that. I'm a person who tends to forget things. Thank God just like you I was not also pulled over by a cop. =D