treetops1
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- Feb 25, 2013
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The only reason you have to have a medical at 70 is your entitlement to drive a vehicle over 3500 .At the time our age group passed our driving test our licence allowed us to drive a vehicle up to 7.5 tons .The standard driving test today only allows you to drive a vehicle up to 3500 As all drivers have by law to apply for a new driving licence at 70 we have to apply to retain the C1 on our licence so we can carry on driving our motorhome or a vehicle over the current standard of 3500 to retain this benefit we have to have a medical .There is a risk involved if anyone has problems the DVLA thinks make you unsuitable to drive you will lose your licence until you can prove otherwise.If you do not want to take the risk you can just apply for a renewal which allow you to drive a max 3500 vehicle which in some cases the worst case cenario is downsize and you are back on the road , no problem. Please excuse myself for the above info but I think some of the younger funsters are puzzled as to why we have to have a medical which is because we are too ff old lol.