I'm a type 1 diabetic and been on insulin for nearly 10 years now, but I've been very naughty and haven't told DVLA yet. My partner does nearly all the driving, but Ive just recently started to drive a bit more than usual and have decided to inform the DVLA, will I get in trouble for telling them so late, if so what would they or could they do. I was thinking of just saying that I didn't know I had to tell them.
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Contacting DVLA
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You could phone them on 01792 799080 (cheaper than the 0870 number they quote) and ask. They are quite pleasant these days and won't bite.
rossi_mac
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But you've not had any incidents and haven't driven for years, so just be honest but hold back some truth, "I'm on insulin I believe I have to tell you" if you need to tell them when you started on it which I doubt you do tell them if they query it tell them you haven't driven since before then!
Good luck tell us how it goes🙂
Good luck tell us how it goes🙂
But if they ask why I haven't said anything in the past and I say that i haven't been driving they might check the system and see that i was insured so must have been driving, then what, I've owned up to a crime and may get fined thats what I'm worried about.
Einstein
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The database of insurers works more on the vehicle registration than the named policy holder.
If they ask specific questions you have to answer them honestly, if you decide to bluff it and lie, when they check your medical references for a start date they may discover differently.
In short only answer what they ask and say you've not driven since date of diagnosis because your partner drives.
Regarding not telling them because you didn't know you had to, in short a court would take the line that ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law. If you didn't read that stealing was a criminal offense and stole a pie would you have any defence by saying you didn't know taking someone elses property was stealing?
I'm sure you'll be ok, I am more unsure of the penalty they could pass or prosecution they could bring for not advising them, having not driven and as such not having made an insurance claim in the period.
Of course, if you've insured a vehicle that normally means you could have been the registered keeper?... if so, then they might know, but while DVLA is one body with two sides (driver and vehicle) their interchange of data is generally better with the passport office and insurance companies than their own systems. Again the registered keeper doesn't have to be the legal owner.
It's better to come clean now than continue in ignorance and get caught if you are ever involved in a road traffic incident.
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