Dvla and notifiable medical conditions

[ronk]

Does anyone know what the correct procedure is and the implications please.

Ps it’s not me !

 

[Smartbear]

Does anyone know what the correct procedure is and the implications please.

I think the implications depend on what the condition is?
Rob

 

[ronk]

Occular Myasthenia Gravis

Apparently it is a condition which, although not cureable, is managed by medication.

 

[dr_john]

I recently had to renew my licence.There was a list of conditions which I had to swear that I didn’t suffer from, it was clear enough. Despite my recent stroke and bout of atrial fibrillation I was able to answer truthfully.

I don’t know about the condition you speak of Ron, if it’s not covered in the list then I guess it’s OK.

 

[ronk]

It is a notifiable condition - £1000 penalty for non compliance.

 

[TitanTim]

Looks like there is a form to fill in Ron?

https://www.gov.uk/myasthenia-gravis-and-driving#:~:text=You%20must%20tell%20DVLA%20if,an%20accident%20as%20a%20result.

Tim.

 

[ronk]

 

[Zedebee]

I notified the DVLA of my mothers Alzheimer’s. They basically said it was OK for her to carry on driving. The insurance didn’t go up when I declared the notification.

(Obvs it wasn’t ok for her to carry on driving when she did a whole lap of the M25 because she couldn’t find the exit, so I banned her shortly afterwards :roll: )

 

[Lynchy]

I had to let my insurance company know of my heart attack. I wasn’t allowed to drive for a month and no difference to my insurance

 

[Pondrew]

(Obvs it wasn’t ok for her to carry on driving when she did a whole lap of the M25 because she couldn’t find the exit, so I banned her shortly afterwards )

Sad that you have to make decisions because the DVLA don't really care how fit someone is to drive. I have never heard of a relative who was 'forced' to surrender their licence; only voluntarily. Bit of a worry TBH.

 

[Zedebee]

True, but then there are a lot of people on the road that should not be driving. It’s a very sad thing to stop old(er) people from driving, because that’s their independence, but “rescuing” them gets a little tiresome after a while.

 

[MikeyH]

I remember in my early 20s going to a talk in Exmouth where I used to live, by a police traffic officer from Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. He had an amusing tale about this elderly person that was feeling all the nearside front wings of different cars in a car park. When he approached the person he was told that they were trying to feel for a rusty spot on the car to find if it was their car. Blind as a bat. Thankfully he stopped them driving home.

 

[ronk]

I know when my late father in law had to surrender his license it finished him - don’t misunderstand me tho, he should not have been driving for years prior!

Nevertheless, it was a game changer for him as I suppose it will be be the rest of us who have car interest as opposed to it being purely a means of transport.