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<blockquote data-quote="suzanne.moss" data-source="post: 349229" data-attributes="member: 59252"><p>Hi my dad has had to do this in January, it was nothing to do with Diabetes but was a driving Medical Appraisal due to health reasons. He was given a date, in the time waiting he went out with a driving instructor to learn the new ways as was a while since he passed his original test. On the day it is like a driving test, only less formal. They do an eye test, then they drive around, you drive independently for a while ie they say drive me to say London and you have to read the signs to get there or in that direction. That lasts 10 mins, then they just drive around like in a normal test with the person telling you where to go. You have to do one kind of reverse ie reverse around the corner. After the appraisal they give you a mark A,B,C,D. The first two are green the second 2 are red. That gets sent to the DVLA and they then presume to tell you if you can drive or not. My Dad got All green B. But as yet has heard nothing from the DVLA. That was the start of the year in Jan. SO they are very slow, which is totally unfair for the driver to know if they can continue or not. It is much calmer than a test and they tried really hard to put my dad at ease. Hope all goes well when you get to do the Appraisal hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suzanne.moss, post: 349229, member: 59252"] Hi my dad has had to do this in January, it was nothing to do with Diabetes but was a driving Medical Appraisal due to health reasons. He was given a date, in the time waiting he went out with a driving instructor to learn the new ways as was a while since he passed his original test. On the day it is like a driving test, only less formal. They do an eye test, then they drive around, you drive independently for a while ie they say drive me to say London and you have to read the signs to get there or in that direction. That lasts 10 mins, then they just drive around like in a normal test with the person telling you where to go. You have to do one kind of reverse ie reverse around the corner. After the appraisal they give you a mark A,B,C,D. The first two are green the second 2 are red. That gets sent to the DVLA and they then presume to tell you if you can drive or not. My Dad got All green B. But as yet has heard nothing from the DVLA. That was the start of the year in Jan. SO they are very slow, which is totally unfair for the driver to know if they can continue or not. It is much calmer than a test and they tried really hard to put my dad at ease. Hope all goes well when you get to do the Appraisal hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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