I can drive..

[Peter]

..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

[Jim the Geordie]

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

So how did they test your eyesight online?

[Peter]

Post by Jim the Geordie

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test
this time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to
make without the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from
DVLA this morning but, woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

So how did they test your eyesight online?

I stared into my webcam and they stared back. No, silly, I had to go into
Fcrpfniref who do the tests for DVLA, but they're not allowed to tell me the
results.

[Another John]

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

How did you get into the situation? I mean ... the eyesight of most of us in
this venerable Group is getting worse month by month, simply by cause of
decrepitude. So what in particular sparked the driving ban (and how long did
it last?)
(Apologies if I've missed an old thread!)

John

[Peter]

Post by Another John

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test
this time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to
make without the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from
DVLA this morning but, woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

How did you get into the situation? I mean ... the eyesight of most of
us in this venerable Group is getting worse month by month, simply by
cause of decrepitude. So what in particular sparked the driving ban
(and how long did it last?)
(Apologies if I've missed an old thread!)

Ah. no. I just avoided a ban. DVLA told me to get a test done so I did and
felt I really hadn't done well - glaucoma taking down my peripheral vision
and one eye with not much central vision either. It seems I passed the test
and have my licence renewed, but yesterday I got a follow-up letter from
DVLA saying, more or less, OK this time but watch it.

[Another John]

Post by Peter

Post by Another John

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test
this time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to
make without the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from
DVLA this morning but, woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

How did you get into the situation? I mean ... the eyesight of most of
us in this venerable Group is getting worse month by month, simply by
cause of decrepitude. So what in particular sparked the driving ban
(and how long did it last?)
(Apologies if I've missed an old thread!)

Ah. no. I just avoided a ban. DVLA told me to get a test done so I did and
felt I really hadn't done well - glaucoma taking down my peripheral vision
and one eye with not much central vision either. It seems I passed the test
and have my licence renewed, but yesterday I got a follow-up letter from
DVLA saying, more or less, OK this time but watch it.

Thanks Peter -- so just a routine "We see you are about to pass 'X' years: Do
Not Pass Go - until you pass an eye test" - ?

[Peter]

Post by Another John

Post by Peter

Post by Another John

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight
test this time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd
have to make without the car. I was pretty nervous when got a
letter from DVLA this morning but, woohoo, it was my new licence.
Relief.

How did you get into the situation? I mean ... the eyesight of most
of us in this venerable Group is getting worse month by month,
simply by cause of decrepitude. So what in particular sparked the
driving ban (and how long did it last?)
(Apologies if I've missed an old thread!)

Ah. no. I just avoided a ban. DVLA told me to get a test done so I
did and felt I really hadn't done well - glaucoma taking down my
peripheral vision and one eye with not much central vision either. It
seems I passed the test and have my licence renewed, but yesterday I
got a follow-up letter from DVLA saying, more or less, OK this time
but watch it.

Thanks Peter -- so just a routine "We see you are about to pass 'X'
years: Do Not Pass Go - until you pass an eye test" - ?

Yep, that's about it. Being on the wrong side of 70 (by quite a margin!) my
licence is only valid for 3 years, and they send me off to Specsavers for a
check-up before they'll renew it. It's happened before but I felt much more
confident on those occasions.

[Tim+]

Post by Peter

Post by Another John

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test
this time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to
make without the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from
DVLA this morning but, woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

How did you get into the situation? I mean ... the eyesight of most of
us in this venerable Group is getting worse month by month, simply by
cause of decrepitude. So what in particular sparked the driving ban
(and how long did it last?)
(Apologies if I've missed an old thread!)

Ah. no. I just avoided a ban. DVLA told me to get a test done so I did and
felt I really hadn't done well - glaucoma taking down my peripheral vision
and one eye with not much central vision either. It seems I passed the test
and have my licence renewed, but yesterday I got a follow-up letter from
DVLA saying, more or less, OK this time but watch it.

The DVLA vision test is a *very* low bar and if you’re at all unhappy with
your ability to see seriously consider stopping driving. My mother carried
on driving until she was 90 with severe macular degeneration yet still had
enough vision to pass the DVLA test. Her driving definitely wasn’t safe
towards the end.

Tim

[Julian Macassey]

Post by Tim+
The DVLA vision test is a *very* low bar and if you’re at all unhappy with
your ability to see seriously consider stopping driving. My mother carried
on driving until she was 90 with severe macular degeneration yet still had
enough vision to pass the DVLA test. Her driving definitely wasn’t safe
towards the end.

I have given up driving for several reasons:

General eyesight is poor.

Night vision is terrible.

Reaaction time is crap.

This makes me a danger to myself and others.

[Nicholas D. Richards]

Post by Julian Macassey

Post by Tim+
The DVLA vision test is a *very* low bar and if you’re at all unhappy with
your ability to see seriously consider stopping driving. My mother carried
on driving until she was 90 with severe macular degeneration yet still had
enough vision to pass the DVLA test. Her driving definitely wasn’t safe
towards the end.

General eyesight is poor.
Night vision is terrible.
Reaaction time is crap.
This makes me a danger to myself and others.

<Applause> from a non-driver (Narcolepsy, sleep apnea).

I hope that public transport in your area is good enough for your
purposes.

[Julian Macassey]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 13:25:21 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards

Post by Nicholas D. Richards

Post by Julian Macassey

Post by Tim+
The DVLA vision test is a *very* low bar and if you’re at all unhappy with
your ability to see seriously consider stopping driving. My mother carried
on driving until she was 90 with severe macular degeneration yet still had
enough vision to pass the DVLA test. Her driving definitely wasn’t safe
towards the end.

General eyesight is poor.
Night vision is terrible.
Reaaction time is crap.
This makes me a danger to myself and others.

<Applause> from a non-driver (Narcolepsy, sleep apnea).
I hope that public transport in your area is good enough for your
purposes.

It is, buses are free to geezers, pimply faced youth and
the handicapped. Anywhere a bus goes in Scotland I ride for free.

Lots of frequent buses.

[Richard Robinson]

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

Oh, good.

I don't own a car, or drive if I don't have to, but I wouldn't like to
lose the option.

[Sn!pe]

Post by Richard Robinson

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

Oh, good.
I don't own a car, or drive if I don't have to, but I wouldn't like to
lose the option.

My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

[D]

Post by Sn!pe

Post by Richard Robinson

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

Oh, good.
I don't own a car, or drive if I don't have to, but I wouldn't like to
lose the option.

My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

Please tell me you have a Rolls Royce and that she has a nice drivers cap?
I can easily imagine your wife driving you and Gordon around town! =D

[Sn!pe]

[...]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

Please tell me you have a Rolls Royce and that she has a nice drivers cap?
I can easily imagine your wife driving you and Gordon around town! =D

Heh, that would be far too flashy for shy and retiring wading birds
like us. That's why we wear such excellent camouflage.

[D]

Post by Sn!pe
[...]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

Please tell me you have a Rolls Royce and that she has a nice drivers cap?
I can easily imagine your wife driving you and Gordon around town! =D

Heh, that would be far too flashy for shy and retiring wading birds
like us. That's why we wear such excellent camouflage.

Hiding in plain sight. Again you show yourself to be a wise philosopher!
And Gordon as well!

[Nicholas D. Richards]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
[...]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

Please tell me you have a Rolls Royce and that she has a nice drivers cap?
I can easily imagine your wife driving you and Gordon around town! =D

Heh, that would be far too flashy for shy and retiring wading birds
like us. That's why we wear such excellent camouflage.

Hiding in plain sight. Again you show yourself to be a wise philosopher!
And Gordon as well!

Some wading birds survive by sheer aggression and a red hot poker for a
bill.

[Sn!pe]

Nicholas D. Richards <***@salmiron.com> wrote:
[...]

Post by Nicholas D. Richards

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
Heh, that would be far too flashy for shy and retiring wading birds
like us. That's why we wear such excellent camouflage.

Hiding in plain sight. Again you show yourself to be a wise philosopher!
And Gordon as well!

Some wading birds survive by sheer aggression and a red hot poker
for a bill.

King Edward II might have something to say about that...

[Hymermut]

Post by Sn!pe
King Edward II might have something to say about that...

It might have cured his piles though

Tone

[Nicholas D. Richards]

Post by Hymermut

Post by Sn!pe
King Edward II might have something to say about that...

It might have cured his piles

though,

terminally.

[Tease'n'Seize]

Post by Sn!pe

Post by Nicholas D. Richards
Some wading birds survive by sheer aggression and a red hot poker
for a bill.

King Edward II might have something to say about that...

Or the baby-eating Bishop of Bath & Wells?

[D]

Post by Sn!pe
[...]

Post by Nicholas D. Richards

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
Heh, that would be far too flashy for shy and retiring wading birds
like us. That's why we wear such excellent camouflage.

Hiding in plain sight. Again you show yourself to be a wise philosopher!
And Gordon as well!

Some wading birds survive by sheer aggression and a red hot poker
for a bill.

King Edward II might have something to say about that...

Was he a famous wading bird?

[Sn!pe]

[...]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe

Post by Nicholas D. Richards
Some wading birds survive by sheer aggression and a red hot poker
for a bill.

King Edward II might have something to say about that...

Was he a famous wading bird?

<https://www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk/articles/edward-ii-monarchs-who-met-a-nasty-end/>

[D]

Post by Nicholas D. Richards

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
[...]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe
My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

Please tell me you have a Rolls Royce and that she has a nice drivers cap?
I can easily imagine your wife driving you and Gordon around town! =D

Heh, that would be far too flashy for shy and retiring wading birds
like us. That's why we wear such excellent camouflage.

Hiding in plain sight. Again you show yourself to be a wise philosopher!
And Gordon as well!

Some wading birds survive by sheer aggression and a red hot poker for a
bill.

This is horrible! I will make sure to avoid wading birds in the future! =/

[Nicholas D. Richards]

Post by D

Post by Sn!pe

Post by Richard Robinson

Post by Peter
..for another 3 years! I really thought I'd flunked the eyesight test this
time, so SWMBO and I were working out the changes we'd have to make without
the car. I was pretty nervous when got a letter from DVLA this morning but,
woohoo, it was my new licence. Relief.

Oh, good.
I don't own a car, or drive if I don't have to, but I wouldn't like to
lose the option.

My driving license is due for renewal in a couple of months.
I can't honestly sign the health declaration so I've just lately
given up driving and sold my car. Fortunately Mrs Sn!pe is
still able to drive, otherwise we'd be taking taxis everywhere.

Please tell me you have a Rolls Royce and that she has a nice drivers cap?
I can easily imagine your wife driving you and Gordon around town! =D

One of the drivers of my local bus wears a, what I am told is a RR
chauffeur's peaked hat. Makes a change from a reversed baseball cap.