Voluntary Surrender of driving licence
Discussion
Hi
I'm new to the forum so please be gentle :-)
Just looking for some help/advice as my first thoughts on my predicament are that this is gonna cost me financially for starters - something we can all do without.
Due to a mental health problem which reared itself in September this year, I was hospitalised for 11days during which time I was given a form to complete and send to DVLA - and was told by the consultant not to drive - assuming he meant after discharge. I completed the form in October and sent it off - I received a letter from DVLA a few days ago saying they suggest I surrender my licence until such time as I am deemed fit to drive and I have to surrender it within 21 days.
The predicament is that I am the owner of our car and the insurance policy is in my name with my partner as a named driver - I haven't driven for the past 2 months (under the medical advice given whilst in hospital). My partner has done all the driving - I can apply for my licence back at some stage. Where will this leave me with our car insurance - will I have to cancel the policy and my partner start a new policy in his name (this will cost us as he has only been passed his test just short of 3 years) or is there an alternative - thank you.
I'm new to the forum so please be gentle :-)
Just looking for some help/advice as my first thoughts on my predicament are that this is gonna cost me financially for starters - something we can all do without.
Due to a mental health problem which reared itself in September this year, I was hospitalised for 11days during which time I was given a form to complete and send to DVLA - and was told by the consultant not to drive - assuming he meant after discharge. I completed the form in October and sent it off - I received a letter from DVLA a few days ago saying they suggest I surrender my licence until such time as I am deemed fit to drive and I have to surrender it within 21 days.
The predicament is that I am the owner of our car and the insurance policy is in my name with my partner as a named driver - I haven't driven for the past 2 months (under the medical advice given whilst in hospital). My partner has done all the driving - I can apply for my licence back at some stage. Where will this leave me with our car insurance - will I have to cancel the policy and my partner start a new policy in his name (this will cost us as he has only been passed his test just short of 3 years) or is there an alternative - thank you.
Mission accomplished - policy changed into partner's name and all it cost was £24 - no questions asked about medical condition - just explained that DVLA had suggested I surrender my licence for medical reasons and that I was sending it off today. Had to explain the difference between surrendering licence (temporarily ~ 3 months) and having it revoked by DVLA so thank you to people on here for educating me so I could deal with this.
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