DVLA WAITING TIMES

2bob said:
well got throught to the medical section it took 20 mins and alls good now wating to be sign off
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got a phone number for thr medical section ?
 
i tried the number first time it told me lines were busy call back later i tried again and was put in a queue, 30 mins later ther phone went dead, must have been lunchtime or grumpy old women came on thr telly...
 
Just been reading these posts. Currently coming up to 68 but 2 years goes quickly. Is it true that you can still drive on the C1 (expired at 70) IN THE UK after passing 70. We can probably hack not going to France for a few months but not being able to drive the van at all would be a real pain. I do have pre-existing medical condition so expect a long wait for renewal.
 
stevec said:
Just been reading these posts. Currently coming up to 68 but 2 years goes quickly. Is it true that you can still drive on the C1 (expired at 70) IN THE UK after passing 70. We can probably hack not going to France for a few months but not being able to drive the van at all would be a real pain. I do have pre-existing medical condition so expect a long wait for r
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stevec said:
if your c1ran out and now you 70 you need the medical and eye test - but you can still drive in uk only and take picture of your driving licence for ref
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I think that bit about driving while waiting is subject to having submitted an application and your doctor saying you are fit to continue to drive. You might want to carry proof of application delivery to DVLA with you as well as a copy of expired license.
 
over the years we have found out if everything can be done on-line only a few days to complete including ( CI renewal )
him indoors put his private plates on this m/h last Friday the following Wednesday return new log book
 
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over the years we have found out if everything can be done on-line only a few days to complete including ( CI renewal )
him indoors put his private plates on this m/h last Friday the following Wednesday return new log book
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As many of us have said, if it can be done on-line with DVLA then all is fine, It's when human intervention is needed as in C1 entitlement with medical etc, that the problems start !!
 
In the sprit of fairness?
I thought I would report that today, 14th May 2022, I received my new D/L
complete with C1 Cat. Dated from 11/5/22.

It was posted to them on 22nd February, 2022.

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I posted this in different thread yesterday.
Great news I sent off my D2 & D4 applications for my retention of C1 etc on 4/05/22 and today received my new licence 12/05/22 all be it losing two months of my old licence I think that’s a result after hearing all the tales of woe😊
Well done DVLA👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
 
Emmit said:
In the sprit of fairness?
I thought I would report that today, 14th May 2022, I received my new D/L
complete with C1 Cat. Dated from 11/5/22.

It was posted to them on 22nd February, 2022.
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Well done, I posted mine on 11 February so you must have leapfrogged me. I did manage to speak to someone yesterday and she said if not heard by end august to contact them. She noted that going to France in September.
Didn’t you go recently? Did Mary do the driving?
 
Riverbankannie said:
Well done, I posted mine on 11 February so you must have leapfrogged me. I did manage to speak to someone yesterday and she said if not heard by end august to contact them. She noted that going to France in September.
Didn’t you go recently? Did Mary do the driving?
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Morning Annie,
No. It was the first job to do after we got back from Spain on the 16th Feb.

Much as I would like her to do ANY driving, Mary obtained her new licence last year but gave up the C1 even though she'd never used it.
 
Got my Category C medical renewal 7 months and 6 days after starting the process. Is this a record?

As it's only for 12 months, it's about time to ask for the next one.

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John Russell said:
Got my Category C medical renewal 7 months and 6 days after starting the process. Is this a record?

As it's only for 12 months, it's about time to ask for the next one.
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8 months for mine from posting to getting license.
How come it’s only for 12 months
 
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John Russell said:
Got my Category C medical renewal 7 months and 6 days after starting the process. Is this a record?

As it's only for 12 months, it's about time to ask for the next one.
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Record quick for a medical renewal i’d say!
 
I', not looking forward to being 70 (4 years away) and all this malarkey, I'm old (and tight, you got a free replacement if you moved) and haven't moved home for 30 odd years and my licence is still (delicate as in sellotaped) paper, so I will need to apply for a plastic licence and all my categories on it, luckily I have a biometric passport so it could be fairly easy.
 
On Monday morning i applied for my eldest sons renewal of driving licence online that had expired more than 2 years ago with our old address on.
It arrived lunch time today all up to date. Result.
 
John Russell said:
Got my Category C medical renewal 7 months and 6 days after starting the process. Is this a record?

As it's only for 12 months, it's about time to ask for the next one.
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40 weeks for mine, C1 first renewal, and that's only for 1 year, because I am type 2 diabetic on insulin,
My gripe is my diabetes is under perfect control. but a neighbour of mine gets 3 yea :( :( :( :( :( r C1, has prosthetic lower left leg, totally deaf, and poor eyesight in right eye, but is considered safer than me !!!

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joe and sue said:
40 weeks for mine, C1 first renewal, and that's only for 1 year, because I am type 2 diabetic on insulin,
My gripe is my diabetes is under perfect control. but a neighbour of mine gets 3 yea :( :( :( :( :( r C1, has prosthetic lower left leg, totally deaf, and poor eyesight in right eye, but is considered safer than me !!!
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Sadly there is little logic in what dvla do.
 
John Russell said:
Got my Category C medical renewal 7 months and 6 days after starting the process. Is this a record?

As it's only for 12 months, it's about time to ask for the next one.
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I went through this after turning 70 last year. I've posted previously about my experience.

Yes it took 6 months, and yes they decided I needed to do the treadmill test. At that the physician said I was A1 and shouldn't have a problem. Then a letter came through saying I would only be getting a one-year renewal " Because of your medical condition".
I pushed back using the appeals process, one point being that they ''owed me a duty of care' as I need 'to be informed what my mystery medical condition was so I could seek medical advice....'
I have to say this got me into an improved channel. The letter had a named person (Claire Hughes) who I spoke to a number of times on the phone. She was helpful and sympathetic and after a bit of discussion I was issued with my new 3-year licence.
Her confirmatory call came through as we were driving to the ferry so my wife didn't have to do all the driving after all!

One thing I always do when dealing with bureaucracy is to be over the top polite and pleasant, no matter how much I am seething inside. I figure these people must get loads of angry people all the time so they are maybe more willing to help the nicer ones. Costs nothing.

Interestingly Claire mentioned that the first renewal over 70 is the one that sets your parameters, basically as long as nothing gets worse it should be straightforward on subsequent renewals.
 
Bucket said:
I went through this after turning 70 last year. I've posted previously about my experience.

Yes it took 6 months, and yes they decided I needed to do the treadmill test. At that the physician said I was A1 and shouldn't have a problem. Then a letter came through saying I would only be getting a one-year renewal " Because of your medical condition".
I pushed back using the appeals process, one point being that they ''owed me a duty of care' as I need 'to be informed what my mystery medical condition was so I could seek medical advice....'
I have to say this got me into an improved channel. The letter had a named person (Claire Hughes) who I spoke to a number of times on the phone. She was helpful and sympathetic and after a bit of discussion I was issued with my new 3-year licence.
Her confirmatory call came through as we were driving to the ferry so my wife didn't have to do all the driving after all!

One thing I always do when dealing with bureaucracy is to be over the top polite and pleasant, no matter how much I am seething inside. I figure these people must get loads of angry people all the time so they are maybe more willing to help the nicer ones. Costs nothing.

Interestingly Claire mentioned that the first renewal over 70 is the one that sets your parameters, basically as long as nothing gets worse it should be straightforward on subsequent renewals.
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Interesting and helpful reflections, thank you.
 
For me this has turned into a saga and nightmare , and while its bravo for those under 70 and no " medical condition " for many its turned into a nightmare combination of bullshit, eu laws, incompetance and beurocrocy and dark global forces.
I applied 2 months ahead of my january 70th and sat back and waited, and waited. Part of the problem is that it seems that the dvla did not have secure software to allow workers to work from home and so sat at home on full pay doing nothing during the covid con. In March i received a letter saying because of my "medical condition" they would write to my doctor. My medical condition is that i had a heart attack in 2009 - nothing before or since. No other conditions.
Aware they wanted a medical i used D4DRIVERS thinking that was that, but you need to be aware this is only useful IF YOU HAVE NO MEDICAL CONDITIONS - If you do then you are wasting your money and they will go to your doctor anyway 6 month later.

In april the practice secretary rang to ask if they had permission to give my medical details to a 20 page questionare, of course i said yes, but here is the lesson. The doctor did no discuss my condition, or ring me up, far less call me, and go though the questions with me and so my furure lay with a doctor i did not know and so of course did not know me and was doing this for money ....... yes the dvla PAY the doctor to fill in this form. The doctor then ticked a box to say i had had a heart attack in 2021- which i didnt - but as this all behind closed doors how can you possible know to dispute it ?
July appeared and now i have asked for my freedom of informations rights and asked the surgury to provide me with a copy of the questionare sent to dvla, oh what a delight - it also stated i drank 20 units of alcohol - something i have never done in my entire life - no doubt from the pen of someone's invested and invented estimated opinion of my lifestyle for all i know based on their own lifestyle perhaps or just a vested interest who knows.
I now have a letter asking a for .. "We are considering your fitness to drive group 2 ( lorry or bus) entitlement ( c1 to you or I ) and have decided you should have an excercise ECG.
I immedietely rang up the hospital for an appointment and managed to get in a few days ago 12th august.

NOW - this consists of 3x3 mins of intensive uphill walking - i have been in training for this and walking the dog / on my rowing machine and bike. and i am here to tell you boys and girls this is no walk in the park ! it was also 33c outside. My final heartrate was 182.
While i understand its designed to test your heart I cant help but ponder if putting such a terrible strain on your body will cause irreperable damage to your heart and body and allow them to say - LOOK you have heart damage, because lets face it, NOBODY would do that to themselves in the normal course of day to day life never mind driving a motorhome . My wife commented that my knees are now much weaker and aching - how many will fail because their knees hurt for instance and have to stop ?
So i have completed the test and they said it was ok - despite it being so hot the sensors fell off due to the heat and my sweating. As i left the receptionist told me i now had to have a heart xray - to examine for new heart damage perhaps ?

Footnote - the C1 entitelment was quietly dropped in 1997 as a EU ruling.
Grant shapps is now considering allowing ordinary licence drivers to apply for GROUP 1 ( ARTICS) and granting automatic group 2 and 1 without the normal way of learning a group 2 first and then going for a group 1 - madness . talk about death on our roads....

We leave for italy in 2 weeks and my wife has to drive the van, having not driven any van for a few years - should be fun.

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roadwarrior said:
For me this has turned into a saga and nightmare , and while its bravo for those under 70 and no " medical condition " for many its turned into a nightmare combination of bullshit, eu laws, incompetance and beurocrocy and dark global forces.
I applied 2 months ahead of my january 70th and sat back and waited, and waited. Part of the problem is that it seems that the dvla did not have secure software to allow workers to work from home and so sat at home on full pay doing nothing during the covid con. In March i received a letter saying because of my "medical condition" they would write to my doctor. My medical condition is that i had a heart attack in 2009 - nothing before or since. No other conditions.
Aware they wanted a medical i used D4DRIVERS thinking that was that, but you need to be aware this is only useful IF YOU HAVE NO MEDICAL CONDITIONS - If you do then you are wasting your money and they will go to your doctor anyway 6 month later.

In april the practice secretary rang to ask if they had permission to give my medical details to a 20 page questionare, of course i said yes, but here is the lesson. The doctor did no discuss my condition, or ring me up, far less call me, and go though the questions with me and so my furure lay with a doctor i did not know and so of course did not know me and was doing this for money ....... yes the dvla PAY the doctor to fill in this form. The doctor then ticked a box to say i had had a heart attack in 2021- which i didnt - but as this all behind closed doors how can you possible know to dispute it ?
July appeared and now i have asked for my freedom of informations rights and asked the surgury to provide me with a copy of the questionare sent to dvla, oh what a delight - it also stated i drank 20 units of alcohol - something i have never done in my entire life - no doubt from the pen of someone's invested and invented estimated opinion of my lifestyle for all i know based on their own lifestyle perhaps or just a vested interest who knows.
I now have a letter asking a for .. "We are considering your fitness to drive group 2 ( lorry or bus) entitlement ( c1 to you or I ) and have decided you should have an excercise ECG.
I immedietely rang up the hospital for an appointment and managed to get in a few days ago 12th august.

NOW - this consists of 3x3 mins of intensive uphill walking - i have been in training for this and walking the dog / on my rowing machine and bike. and i am here to tell you boys and girls this is no walk in the park ! it was also 33c outside. My final heartrate was 182.
While i understand its designed to test your heart I cant help but ponder if putting such a terrible strain on your body will cause irreperable damage to your heart and body and allow them to say - LOOK you have heart damage, because lets face it, NOBODY would do that to themselves in the normal course of day to day life never mind driving a motorhome . My wife commented that my knees are now much weaker and aching - how many will fail because their knees hurt for instance and have to stop ?
So i have completed the test and they said it was ok - despite it being so hot the sensors fell off due to the heat and my sweating. As i left the receptionist told me i now had to have a heart xray - to examine for new heart damage perhaps ?

Footnote - the C1 entitelment was quietly dropped in 1997 as a EU ruling.
Grant shapps is now considering allowing ordinary licence drivers to apply for GROUP 1 ( ARTICS) and granting automatic group 2 and 1 without the normal way of learning a group 2 first and then going for a group 1 - madness . talk about death on our roads....

We leave for italy in 2 weeks and my wife has to drive the van, having not driven any van for a few years - should be fun.
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Been there, done that so you have my empathy. It won’t be any easier next time around so. Can only adbise that you save yourself the grief and get a lighter MH.
 
i get that Annie, but its not right or fair and rather than roll over and accept it all we should fight to correct the muddleheaded thinking and another loss in our rights.
Its also very obvious this will directly affect the motorhome manufacturers if nobody can drive them and I'm surprised there are no howls of protest yet.
The elephant in the room is thr factr that thay say driving a motorhome is thr same as driving a truck for 12 hours - which is isnt - my day consists of driving for a bit and stopping for a cup of coffee.. not glasgow and back.
 
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