Renewing driving licence at 70

[MaryH]

what have people with aps who are nearing 70 and have to get a new driving licence put about aps

[GinaD]

I'm not 70 yet, but I assume you would include information about being on blood dinners. Forgive me for not remembering – are you in the US? Different countries may have different requirements for license renewal.

[MaryF Administrator]

Not in that bracket yet! Also not a driver, however I am sure you will receive some very useful answers over time. MaryF

[BillyBean]

Although I am just approaching 70 I had to renew my licence when it expired about 4 years ago. I went through the entire list of conditions A-Z and asked "Do I suffer from this?" To comply I had to complete five different downloaded forms relating to symptoms. I sent these off with the £20 fee and, following letter requested from my GP, who obviously replied in the correct vein, I received my new licence with a letter saying I was declared fit to drive. However I had already disposed of my car and have not driven since 2010. (Since then I have had a leg amputated and have had to surrender my licence again and I am awaiting the outcome.)

The simple answer to your question is go through the procedure, be honest and you will get the correct result.

The list of conditions may be found at

gov.uk/health-conditions-an...

I wish you the very best of British luck.

Gordon

[BillyBean]

Further to my reply above I was doing some surfing around the website and found a post from you, MaryH, five years ago where you used the word "yonderly". Ihave never come across it before but it well describes how I feel much of the time although I have had it for so long that I hardly notice it. Likewise I have very mild tinnitus in the form of a constant background high pitched singing noise. This also is such that I don't notice it any more.

Funny old world, isn't it?