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Originally Posted by katex
MMmmm .. wondered about this myself Garinda. My case slightly different, however :-
When I was 39 broke me hip (I'm sooo clumsy) had to have a replacement at 42 .. never looked back. Wasn't 'til I was 41 realised could have applied for badge, etc., as had young child, could only walk about 100 yards before I was in absolute agony and very difficult. After op. (hope not boring you with this  ) wrote to whoever to explain .. not disabled anymore, they withdrew all benefits. Always wonder if I had not reported my 'recovery' if I could have still been drawing these ? .. course you are expected to, but as no retesting ? would they have ever found out ? |
Legally you can have a blue badge, and not necessarily be retested. If however the disability has occured since you first passed your test, it makes sense to me that the disability that qualifies you for parking privileges, should mean the person is retested, to make sure that the new disability doesn't endanger both the driver or other people. If someone passed their original test with their disability, so be it, they have been tested and are deemed to be road worthy.
My licence has just been renewed for another three years...meaning I'm supposedly safe on the roads.
