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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 195543" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p><strong>Re: DVlA , type 1 insulin dependant and driving 7.5 tonne</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Angeleyes, as far as I am aware at present it is almost impossible to get a licence to drive a HGV vehicle if you are insulin dependant. However the DVLA has earlier this year been in consultation regards changing the current regs for diabetics using hypo inducing meds, insulin, glic etc. Not sure if anything has been finalised as yet but you can read the proposals for change here.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/consultations/~/media/pdf/consultations/Proposals%20to%20amend%20Driving%20Licence%20Standards.ashx" target="_blank">http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/consultation ... dards.ashx</a></p><p></p><p>It does say however:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">New EU Rules</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">3.14 Drivers treated for diabetes, which carries a risk of hypoglycaemia (that is, with</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">insulin and some tablets), may apply for entitlement to drive all Group 2 categories provided</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">the following specific criteria are met:</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">• <strong>There has not been any severe hypoglycaemic event in the previous 12 months;</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">• The driver has full hypoglycaemic awareness;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">• The driver must show adequate control of the condition by regular blood glucose</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">monitoring, at least twice daily and at times relevant to driving;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">• The driver must demonstrate an understanding of the risks of hypoglycaemia; and,</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">• There are no other debarring complications of diabetes.</span></p><p></p><p>The highlighted rule about being free from severe hypo events for 12 months would seem to me to indicate that you would need to prove that you have had good control for 12 months, impossible to do if you are newly diagnosed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 195543, member: 19121"] [b]Re: DVlA , type 1 insulin dependant and driving 7.5 tonne[/b] Hi Angeleyes, as far as I am aware at present it is almost impossible to get a licence to drive a HGV vehicle if you are insulin dependant. However the DVLA has earlier this year been in consultation regards changing the current regs for diabetics using hypo inducing meds, insulin, glic etc. Not sure if anything has been finalised as yet but you can read the proposals for change here. [url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/consultations/~/media/pdf/consultations/Proposals%20to%20amend%20Driving%20Licence%20Standards.ashx]http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/consultation ... dards.ashx[/url] It does say however: [color=#0000FF]New EU Rules 3.14 Drivers treated for diabetes, which carries a risk of hypoglycaemia (that is, with insulin and some tablets), may apply for entitlement to drive all Group 2 categories provided the following specific criteria are met: • [b]There has not been any severe hypoglycaemic event in the previous 12 months;[/b] • The driver has full hypoglycaemic awareness; • The driver must show adequate control of the condition by regular blood glucose monitoring, at least twice daily and at times relevant to driving; • The driver must demonstrate an understanding of the risks of hypoglycaemia; and, • There are no other debarring complications of diabetes.[/color] The highlighted rule about being free from severe hypo events for 12 months would seem to me to indicate that you would need to prove that you have had good control for 12 months, impossible to do if you are newly diagnosed. [/QUOTE]
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