Do you need to retake your driving test?

You arrive back after a 37 minute driving test. The Examiner, says Congratulations you have passed your driving test. You have waited so long to hear these words. You are so excited, pleased, relieved, and a new chapter in your life can now start.

Medical condition or disability

It’s important that you tell the DVLA if you develop a medical condition or disability that could affect your driving ability.
This includes conditions such as:

• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Stroke
• Glaucoma

If you are unsure if a medical condition or disability will affect your driving skills, check the list on the GOV.UK website. If your condition is listed, it’s extremely important to tell the DVLA as soon as possible, as failure to do so could mean a fine of up to £1,000 and put yourself and others at risk.

Driving disqualifications

If you are banned from driving, due to being convicted of a driving offence for 56 days or more you will need to apply for a new driving licence and possibly retake your driving test. You will be told by a court if this is the case and will need to apply for a provisional licence first.

Driving licence age restrictions

There’s a common misconception that older people need to retake their driving test, but this isn’t the case. When you reach your 70th birthday you will need to renew your licence with the DVLA and every three years after this. All of the entitlements on the reverse of your licence you lose, and would need to take tests for if you still need them. This may be the case even though you may have never had to been tested for them before, and just had them automatically added to your licence when you passed your first driving test.

You won’t need to stop driving unless there are other reasons for you to do so, such as a medical condition, but there is no upper age limit or driver assessment for those aged over 70.

When it comes to driving, the most important thing is that you are confident, well and competent in your ability to drive. If you are at all unsure, refer to the advice above. If you do need to retake your test, we’re here to help.

Contact Us

Whether you’re a new learner or returning to driving after a while we can help you. To learn to drive safely please get in touch and we will arrange some lessons for you.

Is learning automatic the way forward for you? Will it help you pass? What is the difference?

Whether you learn automatic or manual, it does not really matter. Obviously the only difference is not having to change gear. So if you find it hard to multi task, or English is not your first language and you are finding it hard to understand, automatic driving lessons will help you. You still need to do everything, like planning your driving by thinking ahead, tackling roundabouts, reversing, mirror checks and more, including passing your theory and practical test.
Driving Lessons with automatic cars is like clutch free motoring – no problem! Automatics, by making the physical job of driving much easier, give you more time to concentrate on what’s happening on the road.

All learners will get one to one tuition and guidance with their theory learning as well as plenty of practical driving practice. Don’t worry if you’re nervous about learning to drive, all of our instructors are experts in teaching people to drive, and all of our learner cars are fitted with dual controls.

Book Driving Lessons

If you’d like to book some lessons, or you have any questions about learning to drive please get in touch.