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Can you drive with dementia?

You can drive with dementia – in fact, around one-in-three people with dementia still drive. However, the important thing is whether you can still drive safely. Dementia is not one illness. It’s a set of symptoms that gradually affects mental

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Can you drive with eyesight problems?

There’s a minimum eyesight standard that you must meet in order to keep (or get) a driving licence. Most of the time this can be corrected by glasses, contact lenses or surgery, but for some issues you must tell DVLA.

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Can you drive after a head injury?

Even if you’ve had a fairly serious head injury it doesn’t mean that you will never drive again. It does usually mean that you will have to stop driving for at least 6 months while you recover and you will

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Driving with Epilepsy

If you have not experienced any symptoms of epilepsy before and then you have a seizure of any kind you must stop driving and notify DVSA using this form if you drive a car or ride a motorbike, or this

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Update to Highway Code for drug driving laws

The new laws around drug driving with specific limits for a range of medicines and illegal drugs mean that an update to the Highway Code was required. DVSA has issued a revision to rule 96. New rule 96 wording You

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Driving after taking medication

We all know that it’s illegal to drive after taking illicit drugs, but what about after taking medicine for the flu? If it’s something you can buy at a Boots, is it something you can be prosecuted for taking. The

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