Over 70 licence renewal.

[Alycidon]

I am now needing to renew my driving licence as my 70th birthday is coming up.

 

Having spent a few hours looking at the paperwork and different govt sites I came to the deduction that to pull IFW 3.5T trailers with my old Defender TD5 I needed groups B+E which I have and can be renewed with no issues. Somewhere else I read that allowed a max train weight of just over 8 tonnes,   I am about 5.9 max.  ( 2.4 + 3.5) .  

 

However if I wished to retain my grandfathers rights to drive 7.5 tonners then an HGV medical would be required.   Not having driven a 7.5 for maybe 20 years loosing that and minibuses is of no consequence.  I am now to old to drive Air Cadet mini buses anyway under their regs which was something I did occasionally.  

 

I was going to ask here is that is correct,  but the post at the top of this section answers this in great detail.      Thank you for the input guys,

 

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Edited August 26, 2023 by Alycidon