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If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I am blind or partially sighted” you will need:
A copy of the ‘BD8' or ‘CV1 2003' certification form issued to you by the local hospital. If you have lost your copy of the ‘BD8' or ‘CV1 2003' form, you may be able to get a copy from your local Social Services office or from the hospital, which issued it in the first place.
If you are not on the local authority register, you will require evidence from an eye specialist, for example an optometrist, that you would qualify to be registered as severely sight impaired (blind) or sight impaired (partially sighted). Advice on how to register can be found on the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) website at: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_registration_home.hcsp
If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I am profoundly or severely deaf ” you will need:
Confirmation in writing from Social Services that you are included on their Deaf Register, or
A letter or report from an aural specialist confirming that hearing loss has been recorded at 70 dBHL or worse.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I am without speech” you will need:
A brief letter or report confirming your condition from an independent medical specialist that you would be unable to make clear basic spoken requests - in any spoken language - such as asking for a particular fare or checking bus routes with the driver.
An inability to speak English or speech, which is excessively slow or distorted due to a heavy accent or a severe stammer would not qualify.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I have a learning disability ” you will need:
Confirmation in writing from Social Services that you are included on their database as a person who receives - or who has in the past received - services for those with a learning disability, for example you may be attending a Day Centre for persons with a Learning Disability, or
A brief letter or report confirming your condition from an independent medical specialist
NOTE: This disability must have started before adulthood and have a lasting effect on development and should not be confused with mental illness.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I do not have arms ” you will need:
A brief letter or report confirming your condition from an independent medical specialist
This category includes people with a limb reduction deficiency of both arms;
bilateral upper limb amputation; muscular dystrophy; spinal cord injury; motor neurone disease; or a condition of comparable severity. It also covers people with deformity of both arms, if they are unable to use them to carry out day-to-day tasks, for example, paying coins into a fare machine.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I have a disability, or have suffered an injury ” you will need:
Documentary evidence that you are currently in receipt of Disabled Living Allowance (DLA) mobility component at the Higher Rate or the War Pensioners mobility supplement OR
A valid “Blue Badge” OR
A brief letter or report confirming your condition from an independent medical specialist.
If you wish to tick the box, which starts “I have been refused grant of a licence ” you will need:
A letter from the DVLA refusing to accept your application for a driving licence because you are not deemed by them to be physically fit to drive, OR
Confirmation from an independent medical specialist that you suffer from one of the conditions mentioned below and that it is sufficiently serious to prevent you from obtaining a driving licence:
Under Section 92 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 the Secretary of State may refuse to issue a driving licence on the grounds of the applicant's medical fitness. Those who are currently barred from holding a licence are people with:
i. epilepsy (unless it is of a type which does not pose a danger - see below);
ii. severe mental disorder;
iii liability to sudden attacks of giddiness or fainting (whether as a result of cardiac disorder or otherwise);
iv. inability to read a registration plate in good light at 20.5 metres (with lenses if worn);
v. other disabilities which are likely to cause the driving of vehicles by them to be a source of danger to the public.
EPILEPSY. The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 permit the grant of a driving licence to a person with epilepsy if that person:
(a) has not had an epileptic attack whilst awake for a year or more; or
(b) has a history of attacks whilst asleep, and only whilst asleep, over the past three years or more, provided that the driving of a vehicle by that person is not likely to cause danger to the public.
severe mental disorder. There are a number of categories of "severe mental disorder" under which people may qualify. Such conditions include (but are not limited to) dementia (or any organic brain syndrome); behaviour disorders (including post head injury syndrome and Non-Epileptic Seizure Disorder); and personality disorders.
Other groups include:
(a) People with restricted visual fields, who will be refused a licence if they do not have a horizontal field of vision of at least 120 degrees, or if they have significant scotoma encroaching within 20 degrees of the central fixation point in any meridian or, sometimes, if they have restricted vertical fields of vision;
(b) Insulin dependent diabetics. In general people with insulin dependent diabetes can continue to drive - though their licence may be renewable on a 1, 2, or 3-yearly basis. However, where the person experiences disabling hypoglycaemia they will be prevented from driving until their diabetes is controlled.
The above list is not comprehensive. Any person with a cardiac, locomotor, renal or neurological disorder might qualify. Where there is doubt about whether someone would be refused a driving licence, we require independent medical advice.
NOTE - Anyone who has been refused a driving licence through a persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol does not qualify for a travel pass.
