Ranger
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Hi all,
I posted on here back in July with a whole bunch of questions - to which I received much appreciated advice from some people. Here is just an update on those things to clear up the rights and wrongs for people wanting to know the same things, and also a couple more questions, if you don't mind!
See the original post here: https://www.forum.drinkdriving.org/threads/dr30-re-test.116460/#post-138404
or, in brief;
I held my car licence for 15 months, and my Class C (LGV) for 5/6 months, when I was convicted for Failure To Supply (DR30).
I was dead-set that I would have to re-sit both tests.
Well, I have my DVLA medical coming up on the 19th November and providing everything is a GO, I will receive my car licence back on the 4th of December! The best part? I am due to automatically receive my LGV licence back 5 weeks from that date, which I believe to be 8th January 2020.
Basically I received a letter from the Traffic Commissioner stating that there are huge responsibilities involved with holding a valid LGV licence and driving one, and that he/she is to recommend that I have only my car licence for the first 5 weeks. I had the option to either write to them to appeal, or sit down with them face to face to fight my corner to attain the lgv licence back earlier. I chose the 3rd option and accepted the 5 week 'delay', mainly because I have been out of the country for the best part of the last 12 months, but also partly because their recommendation is otherwise correct. Maybe not in my case, as I have still been driving 50+ ton trucks since my disqualification on private properties (such as shipyards, windfarms etc.) so still feel very comfortable behind the wheel.
I took a CDT test recently in North America, where I have been working for the past 10 weeks. Luckily I fly back to the UK 2 days before my 6 week deadline for the medical, so that's all booked in, i'm just praying for no delays with my flights back. My result from the CDT test were 0.8% which is understandable, I've had a couple of beers here and there. I will have abstained alcohol for a further 21 days from this test, so around 30 days in total since the blood was taken up until the DVLA test. The problem is, I have been to the doctors once in the past year, for a referral to a specialist as I tore my UCL in my thumb at work. It was a new GP as I hadn't had a doctors appointment in around 5 years prior. I have never had any alcohol related issues in my life, even more so there will be no record of alcohol abuse in my doctors notes (if they have any notes)
My worry is the lack of doctors appointments I have ever had. How will this affect me?
Also, I may be jumping the gun but I have been looking into some van insurance. Does anybody have any recommendations for me? It's a 2017 Ford Ranger, so quite a large vehicle to say I only had my licence 15 month prior, I was paying around £1400/year before my conviction. I can't seem to find any DR30 specialist insurance/brokers for van insurance, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on it for me. I'm preparing for the worst but definitely hoping for the best. This could get expensive..
Which does also bring me on to my last question! I've been doing some quote checking on comparethemarket/confused.com etc, and this question has me a little confused: How long has the licence been held? Now, is this the date from when I receive my licence back from disqualification, or the date from when I first passed my car test?
Just noticed how long winded my post is, sorry! If you made it this far, I look forward to your reply.
I posted on here back in July with a whole bunch of questions - to which I received much appreciated advice from some people. Here is just an update on those things to clear up the rights and wrongs for people wanting to know the same things, and also a couple more questions, if you don't mind!
See the original post here: https://www.forum.drinkdriving.org/threads/dr30-re-test.116460/#post-138404
or, in brief;
I held my car licence for 15 months, and my Class C (LGV) for 5/6 months, when I was convicted for Failure To Supply (DR30).
I was dead-set that I would have to re-sit both tests.
Well, I have my DVLA medical coming up on the 19th November and providing everything is a GO, I will receive my car licence back on the 4th of December! The best part? I am due to automatically receive my LGV licence back 5 weeks from that date, which I believe to be 8th January 2020.
Basically I received a letter from the Traffic Commissioner stating that there are huge responsibilities involved with holding a valid LGV licence and driving one, and that he/she is to recommend that I have only my car licence for the first 5 weeks. I had the option to either write to them to appeal, or sit down with them face to face to fight my corner to attain the lgv licence back earlier. I chose the 3rd option and accepted the 5 week 'delay', mainly because I have been out of the country for the best part of the last 12 months, but also partly because their recommendation is otherwise correct. Maybe not in my case, as I have still been driving 50+ ton trucks since my disqualification on private properties (such as shipyards, windfarms etc.) so still feel very comfortable behind the wheel.
I took a CDT test recently in North America, where I have been working for the past 10 weeks. Luckily I fly back to the UK 2 days before my 6 week deadline for the medical, so that's all booked in, i'm just praying for no delays with my flights back. My result from the CDT test were 0.8% which is understandable, I've had a couple of beers here and there. I will have abstained alcohol for a further 21 days from this test, so around 30 days in total since the blood was taken up until the DVLA test. The problem is, I have been to the doctors once in the past year, for a referral to a specialist as I tore my UCL in my thumb at work. It was a new GP as I hadn't had a doctors appointment in around 5 years prior. I have never had any alcohol related issues in my life, even more so there will be no record of alcohol abuse in my doctors notes (if they have any notes)
My worry is the lack of doctors appointments I have ever had. How will this affect me?
Also, I may be jumping the gun but I have been looking into some van insurance. Does anybody have any recommendations for me? It's a 2017 Ford Ranger, so quite a large vehicle to say I only had my licence 15 month prior, I was paying around £1400/year before my conviction. I can't seem to find any DR30 specialist insurance/brokers for van insurance, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on it for me. I'm preparing for the worst but definitely hoping for the best. This could get expensive..
Which does also bring me on to my last question! I've been doing some quote checking on comparethemarket/confused.com etc, and this question has me a little confused: How long has the licence been held? Now, is this the date from when I receive my licence back from disqualification, or the date from when I first passed my car test?
Just noticed how long winded my post is, sorry! If you made it this far, I look forward to your reply.
