New driving tests for Greys

BarneyBDB · Senior Member

New driving tests for Greys

dogbox · Guru

Are We Lost wrote:

If you do a search for 'over 70s driving tests' you will find quite a few links. Some no longer work. A few official government sites list requirements and nothing is changing. The other sites that spout this false information have unknown or unrelated site names. That is the first clue that these are scam sites.

The second is the offer for a free gift .... just click here. Maybe you will be asked for your details, or pay a small amount for postage, but the scammers then know your name and address, email address and card details, probably phone number. If you only lose a few dollars you are luckly. Identity theft is far more likely the goal.

For those that thought this was genuine, treat it as a learning exercise and don't believe that everything Google turns up is valid.

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as i ststed earlier i got my letter in the mail had to go to the doctor gp then to a opthomoligist for a eye test end result i will be restrcted to daytime driving only and will need to have surgery for cataract beats walking

Are We Lost · Guru

dogbox wrote:

as i ststed earlier i got my letter in the mail had to go to the doctor gp then to a opthomoligist for a eye test end result i will be restrcted to daytime driving only and will need to have surgery for cataract beats walking

Yes I have had to go through the same thing each year since turning 75. Just renewed mine on Monday. But it has been the same for years. No changes. As I still have good eyesight I get the examination at Specsavers plus the GP health review. Perhaps if eyesight is borderline or worse a specialist would be needed. The same for other conditions that may be a risk for safe driving.

It is troubling that we can so easily lose the independence we have taken for granted. I am sure once you have the cataract surgery you will wish you had organised it years earlier. That is what friends tell me when they had theirs done. I am still some time from needing the operation, but as they will no doubt deteriorate I am thinking to be proactive and do something before it becomes a "must do".