General Chat

My partner had a bleed on the brain a few years ago. The consultant told him to stop driving at the first appointment and to contact dvla. O.h. wouldn't stop driving until I threatened to contact dvla so he did call in the end and they sent forms to the doctor and his gp and him and it took 6 months before they decided on the evidence of those forms (one of which was incorrectly filled in, stating he had collapsed when he hadn't ) and then they decided he had to send in his licence and not drive for I think it was six months or a year while he waited to see if he had any more problems. At no point while they were getting the forms in did they tell him to stop driving, it was ridiculous. Then they asked for his licence and said they would write to his doctors again in at the end of the time. He appealed but by the time they wrote back and said he could drive again and have his licence back, the time was up anyway. It was a complete farce!

Lizx

I agree Bob, he has to go back to see consultant and will know more. I think if M was considered at this stage to be seriously unfit to drive they would have told him not to.