cugila
Master
- Messages
- 10,272
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
- Dislikes
- People who are touchy.......feign indignation at the slightest thing. Hypocrites, bullies and cowards.
"stevenrenshaw"
the dvla revoke many licences of many diabetics who can see reasonbly well this causeing a lot of hardship to many people
The role of the Drivers Medical Group in DVLA is to promote road safety by establishing whether drivers who have medical conditions are able to satisfy the medical standards required for safe driving. To undertake this task, DVLA employs its own fully qualified medical advisers who are supported by administrative staff.
Section 92 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 refers to prescribed, relevant and prospective disabilities.
• A prescribed disability is one that is a legal bar to the holding of the licence. Certain statutory conditions, defined in regulation, may need to be met. An example is epilepsy.
• A relevant disability is any medical condition that is likely to render the person a source of danger while driving. An example is a visual field defect.
• A prospective disability is any medical condition, which, because of its progressive or intermittent nature may develop into a prescribed or relevant disability in the course of time. An example is insulin treated diabetes. A driver with a prospective disability may normally only hold a driving licence subject to medical review in one, two or three years.
smidge said:Well, everyone's entitled to their opinion. In your situation I'd have probably stopped driving as I wouldn't feel safe - but I wouldn't have needed the DVLA to tell me that. I guess we're all different.
Smidge
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?