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jambutty · 02-03-2007, 20:21

I’ve had mine for about 10 years now so I can only say what happened then.

I was not asked to do a disabled driving test.

I think that it depends on the disability whether you have to do that test or not.

A person with no or unusable arms can have a car adapted so that everything is foot controlled but I’m sure that the DVLA would need to know that the person is competent with them. Similarly for someone whose legs don’t function in the normal manner or is a double lower limb amputee. All controls can be put on the steering wheel.

How things are these days I have no idea. When my Blue Badge expires and because I get the higher rate of DLA I just get issued with a new one.

Not much help was I?

Sorry!

02-03-2007, 20:21	#58
jambutty Apprentice Geriatric Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Darwen, Lancashire Posts: 3,706 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 89	Re: Blue badges for disabled I’ve had mine for about 10 years now so I can only say what happened then. I was not asked to do a disabled driving test. I think that it depends on the disability whether you have to do that test or not. A person with no or unusable arms can have a car adapted so that everything is foot controlled but I’m sure that the DVLA would need to know that the person is competent with them. Similarly for someone whose legs don’t function in the normal manner or is a double lower limb amputee. All controls can be put on the steering wheel. How things are these days I have no idea. When my Blue Badge expires and because I get the higher rate of DLA I just get issued with a new one. Not much help was I? Sorry! __________________ Thanks for reading. If you have a few minutes to spare please visit my web site at http://popye.bravehost.com