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Hi all,
I am a type 1 diabetic and have been for 20 years. In conversation with one of my friends yesterday - whose mother is a type 1 also - we started talking about car insurance. He told me that his mum has a 3 year restricted driving licence. Now forgive me for living on a completely different planet, but in all the years I have been driving (approx eight) I have never come across this. Should I have a restricted licence???
I am really panicked about this as I know that if I should have a restricted licence then my car insurance will be null and void. I can't understand how this has never come up before. I never lie about the fact that I have diabetes....I cannot remember completing my driving licence application - should I have notified the DVLA separately of my diabetes? I have been trying to search through previous posts on this topic in the forums, but I can't find anything that answers my specific problem.
Driving regularly comes up in conversation when I attend my clinics - they know me well, know that I do not work in the immediate area and do a lot of travel with my job. However, I know that this is my responsibility and the blame lies entirely at my feet.
I am really confused how this has all passed me by....like I said I cannot remember completing my licence application, but I would NEVER (and this I can say being 100% confident) lie about my diabetes...
Can anyone offer any advice please? Where do I go from here? I expect I will need to contact the DVLA and say - 'oh wait, I am diabetic and have been for 20 years'.
Anything anyone can offer in the way of guidance would be much appreciated.
Jenni
I am a type 1 diabetic and have been for 20 years. In conversation with one of my friends yesterday - whose mother is a type 1 also - we started talking about car insurance. He told me that his mum has a 3 year restricted driving licence. Now forgive me for living on a completely different planet, but in all the years I have been driving (approx eight) I have never come across this. Should I have a restricted licence???
I am really panicked about this as I know that if I should have a restricted licence then my car insurance will be null and void. I can't understand how this has never come up before. I never lie about the fact that I have diabetes....I cannot remember completing my driving licence application - should I have notified the DVLA separately of my diabetes? I have been trying to search through previous posts on this topic in the forums, but I can't find anything that answers my specific problem.
Driving regularly comes up in conversation when I attend my clinics - they know me well, know that I do not work in the immediate area and do a lot of travel with my job. However, I know that this is my responsibility and the blame lies entirely at my feet.
I am really confused how this has all passed me by....like I said I cannot remember completing my licence application, but I would NEVER (and this I can say being 100% confident) lie about my diabetes...
Can anyone offer any advice please? Where do I go from here? I expect I will need to contact the DVLA and say - 'oh wait, I am diabetic and have been for 20 years'.
Anything anyone can offer in the way of guidance would be much appreciated.
Jenni