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Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.

• Updated: 27 August 2024

How to give up your driving licence - age, medical condition, standards of fitness, declaration of voluntary surrender

Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.

• Checks on your vehicle

  As a commercial driver, you might be asked to stop by the police or a…

• Making sure your vehicle is roadworthy

  You’re responsible for maintaining the roadworthiness of your vehicle.…

• Roadside prohibitions

  A prohibition can prevent you from driving until you get a problem with…

• Driving without a valid operator's licence

  You need a valid operator’s licence if you drive the following for any…

• Fines, penalty points and other sanctions

  If you get a fine from a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)…

• What happens if your vehicle is immobilised

  Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) officers and police officers…

General information for medical professionals about the assessing fitness to drive guide.

• Updated: 15 January 2024

You must tell DVLA if you have obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) or any sleep condition or apnoea which causes excessive sleepiness.

You may need to tell DVLA if you've had heart failure - download the form to let them know

When you can take a drink-drive rehabilitation course to reduce your driving ban: what it costs, and what happens when you’ve done it

What happens if you're stopped by the police while driving - breath tests, motoring offences, faults with your vehicle, seizing your vehicle

When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences

Check if you need to tell DVLA about a health or medical condition, how to report medical conditions to DVLA