I recall during covid my licence came up for renewal. It asked something along the lines of having had eye surgery to which I responded that I had. I'd had a cataract done several years before thereby actually improving my eyesight so I responded with a 'Yes'. It didn't ask what the procedure was.
Because of that the application was not renewed automatically and I waited several months for the Medical Unit to process. They ultimately asked my to sign a declaration stating my eyesight was up to the legal requirement and that was it.
I'd also had a HGV licence which stipulated that I wore eye correction for driving that class of vehicle. I had let that slide previouslly as I'd for some time driven in excess of 7.5 ton (C) nor was I liable to and paying the medical fee was therefore pointless.
This year my 70th renewal came up and I wanted to retain up to 16 seat minibuses (C1) and up to 7.5 ton (D1) as they automatically fall off your licence. In order to do that I had to have a medical which last for 3 years. These can now be done by independent companies using young in service Drs for £50. The eyesight test was not particularly taxing.
The ironic thing is they automatically renewed my HGV entitlement again (C) which is any HGV thats not articulated with no stipulation re eyesight. I'm aware that my long distant eyesight is not perfect and I do have glasses which i wear occasionally.
Last edited by: Fullchat on Mon 27 Jul 26 at 22:24
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