Dave1963
New Member
Hi, I have gained some useful information from this forum but my case is complicated and now I am hoping there is some expertise for this problem.
I have just received my licence which is restricted to 1 year on medical grounds. Here is the background: I was banned in 2007 1 year, lost my job, home and relationship, I developed a serious drinking problem and went into treatment in 2008. After being sober 7 months, applied for licence and told them about rehab but was refused because I needed a year. I relapsed on and off till 2011 and had my last drink may 2012. So I am 2 1/2 years without a drink and it seems unfair to give me a restricted licence which apart from whacking up my insurance could stop me getting back to work as a service engineer. I did not even get stopped for anything other than information received (dobbed in) and had a clean record prior to that. This seems punitive to me? Is that grounds for appeal? Is it worth appealing?
Sorry for the long post any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I have just received my licence which is restricted to 1 year on medical grounds. Here is the background: I was banned in 2007 1 year, lost my job, home and relationship, I developed a serious drinking problem and went into treatment in 2008. After being sober 7 months, applied for licence and told them about rehab but was refused because I needed a year. I relapsed on and off till 2011 and had my last drink may 2012. So I am 2 1/2 years without a drink and it seems unfair to give me a restricted licence which apart from whacking up my insurance could stop me getting back to work as a service engineer. I did not even get stopped for anything other than information received (dobbed in) and had a clean record prior to that. This seems punitive to me? Is that grounds for appeal? Is it worth appealing?
Sorry for the long post any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks