Parkinson’s driving dilemma

My OH had PD. Luckily he recognised the point at which he was not safe to drive and I helped him to take the right steps to revoke his licence. He became completely insane not long afterwards, so we just got it sorted in time.

You are allowed to drive with PD - he did so legally to begin with. Many people with early PD are driving legitimately.

Presumably this information came from his wife - has she decided to take any steps over this? If not, try GP = although I know they are loathe to intervene.

Hi, there seems to be an awful tendency for lots of people on gransnet to want to report others, or encourage others to report. What is it that would be reported here?

As far as I am aware, it is not a crime to say that you want to drive again.

Ali23, would it be possible for you to download information from the DVLA site that covers the requirements for drivers in respect of age and illness related conditions, including the additional driving test that is sometimes required to establish fitness to drive, and pass this to the man? Or maybe fnd a leaflet at the gp surgery or library and pass that to him? I think that would be a really helpful thing for you to do.

I'm also not really in agreement with involving his wife at this point unless he has obvious mental incapacity issues and cannot follow a conversation on his own. In which case you could mention that he had told you this recently and thought it would be helpful to pass on the information/ leaflet.

I hope that this might help solve the current dilemma.

I would have thought he would have to report to DVLA himself about his condition.

Report, anonymously, on the DVLA website!

Every 3 years not every year.

He would also invalidate any insurance.

Good advice to speak to the wife.
If he's serious, tho, I'd report him straight away and not wait till he starts.
It's not nasty if you are aware he'd be dangerous and could injure someone.

How old is he? Over 70 and the licence has to be renewed each year. DVLA list a number of conditions that if you have you are not allowed to drive and you sign a declaration to that effect.

If you speak to the wife she can ask their GP to have a word with him as well.

First I would speak to the wife maybe it’s just wishful thinking
If that fails and he does start driving I d alert the authorities nasty as that seems with advanced Parkinson’s he’s not safe to be on the road