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[Emmaathome]

Evening all. Feeling a bit down tonight. Just got the letter from DVLA asking me to return my licence so they can send me back a 3 year one. I know this sounds silly but I just feel so miserable about it - even though I knew it was coming. Just another thing this stupid condition affects!!!

Fed up of needles, fed up of testing, fed up in general.

Sorry for the whinge.

 

[Vicsetter]

Always try and find a good thing about your situation: Your licence renewal is free now.
Before you send your licence back, take a photocopy, you never know if you might have to get it back and the restricted licence will have less vehicles on it (depending on when you passed your test).

 

[Doddy]

I feel your anguish xxx I am dreading the postman every day at the moment...I have not long had my licence back, so I am petrified they are going to just ban me again. I really do not want to receive a letter from the DVLA...

But be positive...at least it has not been totally revoked...

xxx

 

[Emmaathome]

You made me smile - licence renewal is free....

On diagnosis, the doc said well at least your prescriptions are free. I did offer to pay for my prescriptions, and he could have the diabetes back, but he didnt take me up on it!

I understand it'll be restricted to 3.5 tonne going forward (was on 7.5 tonne), my career as an ice road trucker will have to be cancelled . Causes a problem slightly as we have motorhomes etc to tow the race car, so i'll need to go to a weigh bridge at some point and check how heavy the set up is!!!

Just seems like one thing after another is taken over by this thing!!! Grrr!!!

It'll all seem better tomorrow i'm sure.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

You made me smile - licence renewal is free....

On diagnosis, the doc said well at least your prescriptions are free. I did offer to pay for my prescriptions, and he could have the diabetes back, but he didnt take me up on it!

I understand it'll be restricted to 3.5 tonne going forward (was on 7.5 tonne), my career as an ice road trucker will have to be cancelled . Causes a problem slightly as we have motorhomes etc to tow the race car, so i'll need to go to a weigh bridge at some point and check how heavy the set up is!!!

Just seems like one thing after another is taken over by this thing!!! Grrr!!!

It'll all seem better tomorrow i'm sure.

Hi Emma,
you can apply for your 7.5 back again. Look at the rules for this and make sure you keep good blood sugar level records.

 

[novorapidboi26]

do you not need to sit a separate test for 7.5 tonne anyway......?

I think dragging a trailer is different from an actual 7.5 tonne......

you will get used to the 3 year renewal though, I don't even notice it now.....

 

[trophywench]

You certainly can re-apply for C1 Emma, they will ask for a medical to be done by either your GP or consultant and I'm afraid it will cost you whatever fee they charge for that, so make enquiries about that. At my GP the charges are displayed on the notice board and it's more expensive when it's for leisure than it is if you need it for work. So get a job as a van driver asap then .....

Our M/H is under 3.5 tonne too but we are wondering about a car or bike trailer (not keen on A frames, question of legality really, you probably know about that one) which might make the set up too heavy for private car licence as you say - so I'm having serious thunk about it myself.

By choice I wouldn't drive the thing anyway but at the mo if Pete was incapacitated well I could. Just about. I really ought to go on a course ..... but we spend our hols in France mainly and well - I didn't get on too well the only time I tried driving on the right previously but it was in a LHD hire car and it was a very narrow lane with no line down its middle. I had another go in the M/H in France on a nice straight country lane - two way road, no ditch, just grass then fields - ideal - I'd just about got into 5th and then a juggernaut came the other way ... v nearly brown trousers job.

Don't like the way it shakes about when you're near anything big travelling at speed ! - so there again I may not apply LOL

 

[robofski]

Fed up of needles, fed up of testing, fed up in general.

Sorry for the whinge.

Amen to that! Feeling pretty much the same at the mo! It's a bit like getting a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas, it's OK when your doing the edges but when you get to the middle bits it's hard work and pretty boring!

I PAID and sent my licence for it's 10 year renewal 4 days before I went on insulin, can't be bothered to try and argue the case it's not worth the stress (raised BG and all that!!)

At least we can still drive that's more than some so I guess we must be grateful for that!

Chin up Emma, smile 🙂

 

[robofski]

PS it's been 30 years since I had a jigsaw for Christmas!

 

[trophywench]

Here it is NRB, until last November me and Emma could drive a vehicle UP TO 7.5 t, plus a trailer UP TO 750kgs. The 750 kgs is an absolute limit on the trailer under a C1.

Although for all I know she already had the equivalent of C1 +E - I didn't, just usual cars etc plus C1. Same as everybody who passed their (car) test when I did or before!

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/CaravansTrailersCommercialVehicles/DG_10013074

 

[trophywench]

Treat yourself to a normous one - but also get one of them there jigsaw rolls you can get now, save all that 'can't use the dining table' palaver !

 

[Mark T]

Since I passed my test after 1998 (or so) I don't have 7.5 tonne on my license anyway.

When we moved house we did self-drive of a large van which was fortunately 3.5 tonne limit. I did suggest to my wife that we could hire a 7.5 tonne (as she has it on her license, passed in '94) but she wasn't game 🙄 😛

My father has been on insulin since '95 (i think) and he was driving 7.5 tonnes (actually 10 tonners derated) and forklift's. There was never any real problem of not passing the doctors medical. It was when the DVLA first started playing their tricks that he "lost" (moved to a different position, but you know what I mean) his job as it was thought that the DVLA would not let any diabetic drive a 7.5 tonner.

But yes, being on insulin isn't a real limit to driving, it's just an additional pain in the neck with the paperwork you have to go through.

 

[robofski]

Treat yourself to a normous one - but also get one of them there jigsaw rolls you can get now, save all that 'can't use the dining table' palaver !

Never liked them as a child, don't think I could face one now!!

 

[Emmaathome]

Thanks all for your support. I'm putting my licence in the post today so off it goes..... Still on the plus side i'm off shopping. Guaranteed to put a smile on my chops!!!