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I need D1 for my community transport driving - it's all the same medical and when you get it back it has C1 & D1 on.<br />
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I used D4Drivers doctor, £55, and it did seem to be a bit of a box ticking exercise although it included a blood pressure check and eye test with and without my specs.<br />
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It's probably more complicated if you have pre-existing conditions that might concern them, e.g. heart attack or stroke, diabetes etc.
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</blockquote>I’d agree with that! I used D4drivers too, for my last two renewals.<br />
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If you are restricting to 3.5t GVW, you only need cat B, and can self certify. As soon as you go over 3500kgs MGW, you need C1(and C1E if you want to tow a trailer). Whilst it might be largely a ‘tick box exercise’ it needs to be done by a medical professional.<br />
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I’m relatively healthy (I think) and had no worries, though on my last medical, the D4D doc picked up on my BP being very borderline. It seems this was due to my surgery arbitrarily changing my meds which weren’t as effective for me. The doc suggested I insisted I had my meds reverted (which they did) and no probs since. On the plus side, needing a C1 rather than a B reduces your VED by half! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="👍" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />. That alone more than pays for the medical at D4D!</div>
