Mac

To all. After reading your posts about your problems with dvla medical, all I can say is I have been exactly where you are and have been. Back in 2019 after an operation, I had a small bleed on my brain resulting in the loss of peripheral vision in my right eye. But it wasn't until 2021 that DVLA medical wrote to me telling me I must not drive. This was because I failed the visual test they sent me for. Now let me explain, I failed the test not because of my eye sight, but because I was unable to do the test properly, I always panic when faced with things like this so I expected to fail. I even told DVLA that I would fail but they refused to take this in to account. My vision is perfectly fine but because I failed their test, they decided I was unfit due to blindness in both eyes, which was ridicules to say the least. Anyway I contacted my local MP who in turn wrote to them and with the help of my GP, DVLA are now inviting me to reapply for my driving licence. Hopefully I will be back driving soon. The point of this letter is to hopefully give you all a measure of hope in your own applications and I wish you all the very best of luck. DVLA are very slow at present for which I received an apology and a note saying they will treat my application as a matter of priority. I can't wait to be back behind the wheel. So for anyone who faces the same prospects, you may not have faith in your MP but they can help, as In my case. I wasn't going to write to my MP, as I did not have faith in him from past experience but fair is fair, he has come through for me. Respectfully, Mac#