Did you know that the eyesight requirements for a Goods driver are more stringent than those for a car driver. Car drivers require 6/12 in at least one eye which equates to being able to read a number plate at 20 Mtrs. Lorry drivers require 6/7.5 in both eyes. With my driving specs on my eyesight is 6/6 in both eyes without my specs it is only 6/12. Since I drive a US RV I require a HGV license with a medical exam every three years. Now If you answer the questions correctly as I did, i.e. I can pass the test for cars without spectacles but cannot pass the test for HGV,s without specs. The DVLA cannot accept this answer. After two months The DVLA sent a letter saying that I could no longer drive without a license. Therefore I filled in that I needed specs to drive a car. It is now illegal for me to drive my motorised lawn mower without specs. I have since found out that in fact my license was valid for the next 12 months and it was perfectly legal for me to drive. The DVLA are masters at inventing legislation. Under the Law [ Carltona Principle], as an executive agency of the Department for Transport, any statement made by the staff of the DVLA is in effect a statement, document or communication by the Secretary of State for Transport and it is he who you should complain to

Ring the CEO of the DVLA Oliver Morely direct on his number 01792 782798

I for one would like to see the copy of VERA that the DVLA supplied complete with their notes. If that copy of VERA was provided under the Freedom of Information Act then that copy is then in the public domain and can be circulated. Please put it on this website for all to see.

In my experience there is a culture of telling lies at the DVLA they will even knowingly tell lies to a court of law and as far as the law is concerned one Manager yelled at me "WE DECIDE WHAT THE LAW IS NOT THE POLICE OR THE COURTS".