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One Day You’ll Be Told To Stop Driving. Here’s How To Prevent It

Med Man

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Can a medical condition make you lose your driving licence? In this video, I explain how the DVLA assesses fitness to drive, including eyesight, dementia, seizures, blackouts, sleep apnoea, diabetes, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis and medications — and what really determines whether you can keep driving safely and protect your independence.

🚗 Check whether you need to tell the DVLA about a medical condition:
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This video is for general information only. Driving rules vary depending on your individual condition and circumstances, so check the official DVLA guidance and discuss any concerns about your fitness to drive with your own doctor.

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20 Comments

@MedMan-rk3bq Creator 2 weeks ago Pinned

Remember to talk with your own doc and driving authority if you feel you need driving advice, And remember 3 apples!🍏
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@Claude1100 2 weeks ago

If only we had doctors appointments that could be stretched out to last as long as this..!!

@DavidPratt-r8w 2 weeks ago

Lost use of feet 30 years ago. Been driving auto car with hand control since then.Driven all over Europe, no problem Now 89 Still enjoy it.

@pamelalyon3264 2 weeks ago

Two of my siblings and I had to tell our mother she needed to stop driving in her late 80s. The look she gave me almost took me out. She felt she was losing her independence and freedom. It broke my heart and was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

@Sue-t3h 2 weeks ago (edited)

I kept my mother's physical driving license, even after she stopped driving, as it was her only ID.

@richardjones5255 2 weeks ago

Eleven years ago the optician said I had developing cataracts, but they were not yet bad enough to affect life. However, I was the driver for my late wife who was in the early stages of cancer treatment, and for a disabled daughter. I opted to get them sorted there and the, spent Christmas with eye patches. Wow the difference the operations made! Two of the best operations I have ever had. Sadly, my late wife later developed a metastatic melanoma, lost her license and her life in short order.

@paulphotios3920 2 weeks ago

I am in Australia,over 70 years and still working full time. What annoys me are the people on the road who don't understand the driving rules. If there are no lines on the road there are no lanes. Passing on the left is a no no in Victoria unless you are or the other vehicle is turning. All drivers need to be able to follow the rules. They are not optional.

@FAS1948 2 weeks ago

I started with a provisional licence at age 17, but had to surrender it almost immediately because of epilepsy. I passed a medical when I was 22 and passed the driving test at first attempt.
I was able to enjoy driving for almost 50 years, although I preferred my HGV camper-van to a car. When I was 70 a neurologist told me to stop driving because of several neurological problems, and partial double vision resulting from a torn retina. I was happy to stop driving because I was aware of the danger of driving a large and heavy vehicle with conditions that might incapacitate me. My wife had always enjoyed driving, but when she reached 75, she became aware of her diminishing spatial awareness, and increasing difficulty driving at night, so she stopped driving without being told to. Being without the use of a vehicle presents many difficulties because we are both wheelchair users, but the safety of others is of greater importance than any inconvenience to us.

@spaceted3977 2 weeks ago

I've stopped Driving. I hate driving now ! I'm happy to go on a Bus ! Now as a Treat I buy myself a Takeaway Meal when I go into town on the Bus. I had 3 Motorbikes. I am Sick of the Huge Cost of Insurance, Road Tax, MOTs, Petrol etc ! My eyes are Fine !

@IanGreenwood1 6 days ago

My Mum is 97 and until last month she had a full clean driving license. Now, to be clear, she hasn't driven in decades but there is another reason I renewed it every time it expired. That reason is for ID purposes. I need it whenever I need to identify her to gov agencies, and the other myriad of bureaucratic hoops we are asked to jump through these days. It's also one of the few ID methods we have were your address is displayed (unlike your passport). I was shocked last month that the DVLA had simply pulled her licence because of her age, and she had to reapply giving the DVLA permission to access her medical record and contact her GP. I didn't think it was worth pursuing, so I just left it. Now Mum doesn't have a driving license (no great loss as she doesn't drive now), and I don't have an easy form of ID for her (huge inconvenience when I need to ID her).

@rangerwhite5165 2 weeks ago

Happened to my uncle. The loss of his independence really impacted him. It was awful. He was mid 80s and as sharp as a tack, but his eyes let him down.

@CB1000FP1 2 weeks ago

I'm 73 and I sent my licence off for renewal at the beginning of May, because it's a hgv licence I have to take a medical every year, it came back a week ago October, in the middle of June i got a letter they said my eyesight was not up to the latest standard to drive heavy goods it was perfectly good for last years standard but not this years, the doctor had suggested I see a optician at the medical which I did and my eyesight was excellent but suggested glasses for driving which I got and sent the details of to the dvla, as I say I finally got my licence back the first week in October, it now contains a 01 restriction on my hgv licence (must wear glasses whilst driving) but no restriction on my car and motorcycle licence, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me,

@jw-pk5vf 2 weeks ago

as line from a well known song says, sometimes it's best when you say nothing at all

@robertdaymouse 2 weeks ago

The interwebs tell me that Susan Young Browne of Dover DE at 108 is the oldest person in the US with a drivers license.

@magpie1492 2 weeks ago

I do understand people's fear of losing their driving licence however in my job ( SN) I come across some horror stories every week.
Patients that come into hospital who cannot manage to wash and dress themselves but still think they have the ability to control a car.
Couples who know the driver is unsafe but the partner says it's ok because they tell them about the road and cars etc.
Alcoholics with cerebral decline who still think they are sharp as a tack.
People either do not recognise that they risk killing someone, and with luck that will only be themselves or they just refuse to give up because they see it as their right to drive.
Families are just as complicit, they don't want to raise the issue, they want a doctor to tell the person not to drive. It is everybody's responsibility to ensure that everyone who drives is safe to do so, or we take action. If that means take the keys away, so beit.

@42wopbopalula 2 weeks ago

Wow. I never have been able to drive. Nice. Maybe that has a plus side. Can't lose what i never had.

@everTriumph 2 weeks ago

One consultant says long way off telling the DVLA. Another almost bursts a blood vessel at not telling the DVLA immediately.

@jmk1962 8 days ago

There is a new law in Ireland, anyone applying for an Irish drivers licence has to do an eye test, regardless of their age. Makes total sense because there are so many people who are half blind out there on the roads and they are not all old people.