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Help - driving licence revoked with immediate effect

451 replies

LadyRussell · 24/08/2018 11:36

Posting for traffic - help!

DH was diagnosed with sleep apnea a few months ago and informed the DVLA as instructed.

He now has an oxygen mask he wears at night which has improved his sleep dramatically.

He is currently driving his kids home from a trip to the other side of the country and I have received a letter from the DVLA saying his licence has been revoked as of immidiate effect from yesterday - WTAF?

He has NEVER fallen asleep while driving and he lives 150 miles away from us in the week so driving is essential.

He has to prove certain things to get his licence back but this is going to take time.

How the hell can they do this - no warning nothing.

Does anyone know if we can appeal?

OP posts:
incywincybitofa · 24/08/2018 22:55

One more time he should have told his insurance he didn't if he has an accident he's most likely uninsured
The DVLA the people who rule on these things have said don't drive but his wife has decided it's ok
He's driving a bunch of kids not all of them his and none of them hers and the other parents have no idea
But it's ok cos OP has told me to duck off and other people do the same thing.

ivykaty44 · 24/08/2018 22:57

I’m sure he’s home by now and not out driving

RingtheBells · 24/08/2018 22:59

Just ignore it OP, these people just keep banging on, this one is banging on about some kids who aren’t his and aren’t hers Confused

BakedBeans47 · 24/08/2018 23:00

OP some of the responses you got were completely ridiculous. I hope he manages to establish to DVLA soon that it’s under control and gets his licence back. I suppose they can’t be too careful but I appreciate it’s a ball ache for you meantime.

AnnieAnoniMoose · 24/08/2018 23:03

It sounds like a communication issue, so HOPEFULLY the DVLA will be able to sort it out quickish (but that’s optimism at its best 😖). I’d call the man

Try not to get more wound up by the thread. Adequate reading comprehension and common sense are both pretty thin on the ground around here these days, especially on a Friday night.

incywincybitofa · 24/08/2018 23:03

He is or was driving children none hers but she decides whether he's fit to drive.
Lots of people don't trust folk with valid insurance and a licence to transport their children but OP has revoked the rights of parents to decide if they want him to drive their children

RainySeptember · 24/08/2018 23:05

"One more time he should have told his insurance he didn't if he has an accident he's most likely uninsured"

I'm sure you're right. The fact that his consultant said he was ok to drive probably led to him not realising that he needed to inform his insurers. I'm sure he'll do that now.

"The DVLA the people who rule on these things have said don't drive but his wife has decided it's ok "

Well and also his consultant. But now DVLA have written to him he has actually stopped driving.

"He's driving a bunch of kids not all of them his and none of them hers and the other parents have no idea"

No idea what you're on about here, they're his kids.

"But it's ok cos OP has told me to duck off and other people do the same thing."

Because you're saying things that aren't true.

WoahBodyforrrrm · 24/08/2018 23:06

I feel for you OP. I had my license revoked when I had a status epilepticus one night out of the blue. It turned out to be caused by my brain swelling as the result of a tumour that had been growing undetected for 7-10 years. Anyway, I had surgery and began the road to recovery. Now, I only ever had that one seizure (albeit a massive rolling one) that night due to the swelling, I have no other history of seizures and I was told I would have to go 12 months seizure free to get my license back. I did go along with it as it was the right thing to do, I had 4 very small children and could not risk not being in control of my car. But the year passed and my oncologist agreed there was no reason for me not to get it back, but the DVLA were complete divs about it. They decided they knew better then my brain surgeon and neuro-oncologist who work at one of the most famous and well respected Neuro hospitals in the world, and their Dr, who had never laid eyes on me, not spoke to me or my team, decided I still wasn’t fit to drive after a year. I was furious. I got hold of the email address for the CEO of the DVLA and sent a lengthy email explaining how this was affecting my life, stopping me from moving forward, stopping me from going anywhere with my kids (2,2,3&7 at the time, wasn’t brave enough to do public transport on my own with them) and it was stopping me from working which was causing financial hardship to our family. I explained my MDT think I’m fit to drive and they’re the people who would know!! Not some body in an office who had never met me. Within a few weeks, I had a temporary license through the door, it lasted a year. I had to reapply at the end of that year (free of charge) and this time was sent a 5 year license.

In your case, it may be worth contacting the CEO and explaining it all to them and see what they come back with. If you can’t finf his email through google (it’s Oliver something) pm me and I’ll dig it out!

AnnieAnoniMoose · 24/08/2018 23:08

‘I’d call the man’ ?!?!

For the love of fuck, on MN, and ONLY MN, I keep getting random words and sentences added, my posts all chopped up and spat out - it’s driving me batshit.

BakedBeans47 · 24/08/2018 23:08

OP has revoked the rights of parents to decide if they want him to drive their children

Are you on glue?

RingtheBells · 24/08/2018 23:11

I think incywincy is on the wrong thread...

aperolspritzplease · 24/08/2018 23:17

Two family members and a close friend have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and on c-pap. This has never happened.

Is it particularly severe or is there a medical condition causing it the gp has had to report? All excess weight in the cases I know.

sprinklesandsauce · 24/08/2018 23:20

God people are hysterical on here. In a nutshell:

OP DH has a condition that “could” affect his driving if NOT treated.

DH is treating this with CPAP and is fine

DH consultant has said he is fine to drive

DH did not know about licence being revoked

PP said that traffic police they were with said no action would be taken in these circumstances.

So OP DH has done literally nothing wrong.

hungryhippo90 · 24/08/2018 23:25

It doesn’t make sense that they can say effective from the day they send the letter, they should call and make you aware that they’ve made a decision and from that point.

ILovePierceBrosnan · 24/08/2018 23:27

OP Flowers
What a shitty day and shitty responses here.

FWIW...I tell people to stop driving on medical grounds as part of my job, my partner is a traffic officer with the Met and I have voluntarily surrendered my licence on medical grounds so I do know something about this!!

Partner would not charge him. He cannot be expected to know contents of a letter which arrived when he wasn’t there.
I allow (vast majority of) patients to drive home after their appointment because they have (as your husband has) been driving with same condition for months. One drive home is not an issue. It’s about risk management. Not one of my patients in my 30 yr career has had an issue. That’s hundreds of patients and we have a written trust policy covering that decision.
I surrendered my licence because it was the law. It was a huge disruption in my life so I have sympathy if your life is built on an expectation of driving it’s a big adjustment. I’m so sorry you’re facing this.

StarUtopia · 24/08/2018 23:29

And in a nutshell - his licence has been revoked.

He shouldn't be driving.

I'm not sure which part of that is so difficult to understand?!

ILovePierceBrosnan · 24/08/2018 23:34

Bless you Star. It’s ok if you don’t understand

RingtheBells · 24/08/2018 23:35

I imagine the DH is not driving and most likely in bed

Guienne · 25/08/2018 00:07

StarUtopia: OP's husband isn't driving and has no intention of doing so till this is sorted out.

I'm not sure which part of that is so difficult to understand?

Dungeondragon15 · 25/08/2018 00:37

One more time he should have told his insurance he didn't if he has an accident he's most likely uninsured

Not true. Insurers just want to know that the DVLA have been informed of any medical conditions and have not revoked the license. While they are investigating it is okay to drive if the consultant had said he had no concerns so would be insured.

Dungeondragon15 · 25/08/2018 00:42

We got a letter this morning revoking his licence which has totally fucked up our world. We have done NOTHING wrong and everything right and most of Mumsnet sticks the boot in.

It is bizzare isn't it? A lot of nuts around today, I think. Just ignore.

incywincybitofa · 25/08/2018 01:24

*One more time he should have told his insurance he didn't if he has an accident he's most likely uninsured

Not true. Insurers just want to know that the DVLA have been informed of any medical conditions and have not revoked the license. While they are investigating it is okay to drive if the consultant had said he had no concerns so would be insured.*

As you say insurance companies just want to know, no indication his company do know, because otherwise OP would most likely not be posting, consultant's letter or not.
Her DH didn't do inform them
Under the small print the insurance company can say he isn't insured

RedneckStumpy · 25/08/2018 01:31

Just because it’s the law doesn’t mean it’s right

DGRossetti · 25/08/2018 07:27

Just because it’s the law doesn’t mean it’s right

Its that an approved defence in court ?

RainySeptember · 25/08/2018 07:54

"Its that an approved defence in court ?"

Luckily he won't need any defence in court because he has now stopped driving.

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