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After the long wait to find out if I get my licence back, 4 months after the official ban date (NOV'22) and 9 months after the discounted date (MAY'22).
I received the DLVA envelope this morning. YAY!!
The first thing I did was give it a squeeze, but there ain't no card-shaped items in it!
On opening this bulky envelope, and to my dismay - They have refused my licence application based on "difficulties with attention and/or concentration"!!!
But further, down the letter, it says I can re-apply if at some time in the future, I meet the medical standards.
What does this even mean? To no longer have difficulties with attention and/or concentration??? Yeah ok, buddy!!
It wasn't ADHD that got me banned!!
Throughout the process, I became aware that drinking gradually came off the table and it was all about ADHD.
I started to feel uneasy about what the outcome would be....
Little background...
I was a self-employed courier up to the day, I walked into court. Easily clocked up at least a million miles on the road in my time (I was nationwide same-day). Not one scrape or accident in that time. Personally, I have never been the cause of an accident in my driving history.
Understandably they ask about past drinking habits but not one question was asked about past driving history (to my recollection), or maybe vaguely.
So now I need to find out what the hell my GP wrote that garnered such a response from DVLA. Then call DVLA, when they kindly come off strike action (some sectors, I'm behind them striking....but DVLA Med group? yeah, I'm not so sure)
Then an appeal to the Magistrates Court.
Has anyone gone down this process, or can point me to any case law, or even if this is blatant disability discrimination?
Cos' come on! Attention and/or concentration are the main components of ADHD...and against popular misconceptions... it's actually a surplus of, and not a deficiency.
Any help or advice would be appreciated
p.s. I forgot to mention (damn, maybe they have a point) I am on medication and have been for years
p.p.s I was 0.6 %CDT (not that DVLA seemed concerned with)
I received the DLVA envelope this morning. YAY!!
The first thing I did was give it a squeeze, but there ain't no card-shaped items in it!
On opening this bulky envelope, and to my dismay - They have refused my licence application based on "difficulties with attention and/or concentration"!!!
But further, down the letter, it says I can re-apply if at some time in the future, I meet the medical standards.
What does this even mean? To no longer have difficulties with attention and/or concentration??? Yeah ok, buddy!!
It wasn't ADHD that got me banned!!
Throughout the process, I became aware that drinking gradually came off the table and it was all about ADHD.
I started to feel uneasy about what the outcome would be....
Little background...
I was a self-employed courier up to the day, I walked into court. Easily clocked up at least a million miles on the road in my time (I was nationwide same-day). Not one scrape or accident in that time. Personally, I have never been the cause of an accident in my driving history.
Understandably they ask about past drinking habits but not one question was asked about past driving history (to my recollection), or maybe vaguely.
So now I need to find out what the hell my GP wrote that garnered such a response from DVLA. Then call DVLA, when they kindly come off strike action (some sectors, I'm behind them striking....but DVLA Med group? yeah, I'm not so sure)
Then an appeal to the Magistrates Court.
Has anyone gone down this process, or can point me to any case law, or even if this is blatant disability discrimination?
Cos' come on! Attention and/or concentration are the main components of ADHD...and against popular misconceptions... it's actually a surplus of, and not a deficiency.
Any help or advice would be appreciated
p.s. I forgot to mention (damn, maybe they have a point) I am on medication and have been for years
p.p.s I was 0.6 %CDT (not that DVLA seemed concerned with)