DVLA Renewing licence when over 70!

Because of glaucoma I have to have an eye test every three years. I dread them but passed so far as only one eye is affected and very minimal sight lost.

ROBBY I have replied to the thread you started.

I was 73 in 2016. I have a passport. I just filled the form in without having to do anything about a photo and my photocard driving license appeared with my passport photo on it.

Do you have any serious medical problem? If yes, then to my practical experience, you will not be eligible for license renew. If it is curable and you will get the medical certificate that you can drive the vehicle, then in such condition, your license will be definitely renewed by the DVLA.

Source : www.fixithere.net/dvla-contact-number/

My OH lost his licence due to his PD. We discussed it with the PD nurse and she felt that he was fit to drive. His medication was reviewed and the drug that was causing them concern was changed to another and he did eventually get the licence back - after a great deal of form-filling etc.

However he is not happy driving for lots of reasons and he hardly does it. He sometimes goes to the surgery (5 minutes away) and he puts the car in the garage - but very little else. I am the driver here now.

I have always found night driving a problem - I am very short-sighted and have a high degree of astigmatism. I now also have cataracts in both eyes, but the optician is not worried about me driving at this stage. At night I only drive routes that I know as I do not feel confident about it, whatever the optician says.

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I fear that by the time I get to 70 I won't be able to see to drive - I also have very bad eyesight and have already given up driving at night however I think everyone should have annual eye tests from 70 onwards not only from a driving perspective. I still have my very old green driving licence - I keep expecting someone to tell me I need a photo card but so far no one has.

The most common failing is eyesight, if you or a relative can't read a number plate at 20 metres you are driving illegally and police are beginning to enforce that.
It's all very well being independant but I hope we all tell our loved ones when it's time to stop.

Mobility Scooters, there is a elderly gent goes to pick up his newspaper every day, normal enough, not when he drives diagonally across the traffic lights wearing his oxygen mask!

I wish my mother, 91 years old, and my FiL, also 91 years old, would both give up driving. I love my mother dearly, but sadly it is arrogance in both cases that makes them believe that they are still capable of driving. They’re not!

Everyone is entitled to a free eye test every two years from the age 60, and more often if needed. There is NO reason for everyone over 70 to not have regular eye tests.

People are missing out on necessary health checks. they can detect many conditions from looking at your eyes including Glaucoma, Diabetes and High Blood Pressure, these can be symptom-free in the early stages. People with no family history of eye disease are recommended to have their eyes tested every two years and it's free,



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