Driving licence surrendered

sidthesexist · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:20

yeah he can drive cars but anything over 3.5 tonnes nope :mad:

so in effect they have taken away his livelyhood due to the fact he needs the meds to stop the seizures (not had one since they got the dosages right)

silversurfer · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:17

Carlos you should be getting major compensation for injuries from that accident, forget whiplash this is much more important. What kind of accident was it

Pho · 4 Oct 2006 at 16:17

Unlucky

. A friend of mine started having seizures whilst he was learning to drive (very soon to taking his test), but apparenty that was due to the stress of school, Uni etc.

Kitchster_uk · 4 Oct 2006 at 18:00

I feel for you mate. My missus gave her licence in back in February. We've found it's stress and sleep deprevation for her as triggers so she just has to chill and snooze a lot. I'm buying her a little 1300 for when she's back driving and moving closer to were she works at the mo.

marin · 4 Oct 2006 at 20:20

Kitchster_uk said:
I feel for you mate. My missus gave her licence in back in February. We've found it's stress and sleep deprevation for her as triggers so she just has to chill and snooze a lot. I'm buying her a little 1300 for when she's back driving and moving closer to were she works at the mo.

Same here, my wife also has nocturnal epilepsy due to a head injury in a road traffic accident when she was eighteen - not had a clear year for eighteen years yet, but she is getting better, last scan showed that the injury her brain suffered has almost healed - only two fits so far this year.

Hope you are back on the road soon.

Conanius · 4 Oct 2006 at 21:33

silversurfer said:
Carlos you should be getting major compensation for injuries from that accident, forget whiplash this is much more important. What kind of accident was it

possibly the ONLY time I would agree with compensation. Genuine effect on your ability to support yourself for at least the next year.

Massive respect for being able to hand over your license. very sensible of you.

Draeger · 4 Oct 2006 at 21:59

Best wishes to you m8, hope you get back behind the wheel soon.

carlosvr6 · 5 Oct 2006 at 12:50

I was compensated cos i lost nearly 3 years of education having been in and out of hospital all the time. Having ended up with limited knee bend a slightly shorter leg than the other, scars etc.

Wont say how much it was but no amount is enough to get your life back to how it was.

Thanking everyone for their kind words.

Avalon · 5 Oct 2006 at 18:12

sidthesexist said:
my dad had the same thing a few years ago, they also removed his hgv1 from his licence when it was returned and stated that he wouldnt get the class1 back until he has spent 10 years without a seizure and without taking and meds

Any incident where you lost conciousness due to any type of fit, black out or seizure and you can kiss your HGV licence goodbye for 10 years. One of our other offices employed someone who had been an HGV driver for 15+ years but blacked out one day and had a fender bender and lost his livleyhood over night. As stated you can get your car licence back a lot quicker.... I always wondered abou how this would stand up to an appeal but I've never heard of anyone pushing it under the DDA etc ?

FunkyCowie · 5 Oct 2006 at 18:22

I`ve had epilepsy all my life (31 now), and lost my license 1 time due to seizure and had to give it up a further two times cos the docs wanted to change my medication and during the changes a seizure is guarranteed to happen.

You get used to it

EDIT: One of my seizures caused the loss of 3 years of my memory, gf at the time and three years of college work. It is hard but you just have to bounce back.

Morba · 6 Oct 2006 at 20:05

Isnt there another person on the forums who had to do this for the same reason?

has a v6 mondeo iirc but can drive again now?

hope you have a fit free year so you can get back on the road :]

Nazbit · 6 Oct 2006 at 21:50

Morba said:
Isnt there another person on the forums who had to do this for the same reason?

has a v6 mondeo iirc but can drive again now?

hope you have a fit free year so you can get back on the road :]

Yup rings a bell morba, I remeber that, forgotten the guys name though.

Unlucky about the licence though, I feel for you, you did do the right thing and for the right reasons and for that I hope you can get back behind the wheel as soon as possible!

FunkyCowie · 6 Oct 2006 at 22:02

Legally you don`t have a choice, you have to notify dvla of your condition and hand in your licence. When you want to drive again you may have to provide info to dvla from your doctor to say you haven`t had a seizure, you'll have to notify your insurance company who'll probably only charge a fraction more if that.

Snash · 7 Oct 2006 at 09:53

One of my assistants in work, girl of 21 started taking seizures last year. First one was in the office, scared the hell out of us all. She had to give up her licence and was devastated.

Like others it seems, they have been playing about with the dosage to try to get it right. She's now been free of a seizure for about six months and the medics think she should be okay now she's on the right dosage to start driving again next year sometime.

Hope you get yours stabilised to OP.