Went to the shop last night as every thing limited to 2 ,Wanted 4 packs of durex as going to buy a little busy with the ladies, Shelf was full and still only allowed me 2 packs of 5. Only last me 2 days will that
I'm in exactly the same boat,many rows wiv dvla over the fone.so I got my doc to write a letter out nd appeal against dvla decisions,bn off the road now nrly 4yrs nd only banned 4 13month,my appeal court date is 3rd june 2020
I know it is completely ridiculous. AND what do we do now? My doctor was doing blood tests for me but with coronavirus they are obviously not now doing it. So how am I going to be able to prove to the DVLA medically that I have been alcohol free for a year? We are being assumed to be guilty which somewhat goes in the face of British Law : 'innocent until proven guilty'.
You may be lucky but the courts are only hearing urgent stuff at the moment and I have certainly seen all of May’s work being deferred.
Hiya, it is such a shit situation to be in! Dvla are twats I have been where you are my ban ended Feb 2019 and I applied for my licence but because I said I was dependant in 2014 for a short period they said I have to be abstinent for 1 year before a licence can be returned to me, I took them to court with confirmation from my gp that she thinks I am fit to drive and I’m not dependant, unfortunately the courts don’t deal with these matters all the time and went in favour of the dvla leaving me to pay for mine and the dvla court fees! Over 4grand!!! I waited the 12 months and applied they said it cannot be processed without evidence even though when I called at the time of re applying to ask what evidence I needed to supply and I was told none just fill out the forms! I ask my doctor to write me a letter and they said they won’t supply anything without dvla contacting them first! I told dvla this and their response was find a new doctor! I kicked off big time and the hung up on me! My partner called them and kicked off because no one was telling me what this evidence was and no was was willing to help later that day I got a phone call from the dvla informing me that they were going to write to my doctor and progress my application to the next stage. All the gp wrote on the form was patient states alcohol free for 12 months and patient states she is fit to drive. A week later I got my licence back (end of feb 2020) although it’s only a 1 year licence so I need to do all this again next year. you need to demand to speak to managers, if you get too annoyed like I do then add someone to the account and get them to call. I wouldn’t waste the money on court personally as I am now left paying off that 4K for the next couple years and my case was strong! At the moment though I can’t see anything being done due to the pandemic. Just to show how little call centre staff care or read your files I got my licence back in Feb, in March I called them to talk about the fine I’m paying off, I gave all my details and she then put me on hold, she came back to me and before I had chance to explain what I was calling for she said “we have all your information back from your gp and it’s with our medical team waiting to be reviewed and we will be in contact shortly” when I laughed and said no I have my licence i am calling re something else she seems shocked and embarrassed.
Interesting, on my letters they invite any medical information to be considered to send it to them. No mention of LFTs requested or instructed to be asked for by my doctor. Where did you hear they want LFTs?
Do well to listen to the advise being given by grice and honestman. Do not waste your money on private tests
May be different rules in NI!
Let me just re-iterate the post from Grice96 admit consumption of ANY alcohol will result in your license being revoked, as mine was a few years ago. Mine was 4 units over the course of a year on the form and letter straight back revoking my license for a year until I had 12 months abstinence.
Yeah, I've done that too!
