Years ago I broke my left leg (tibia and fibula) in six places in a motorcycle accident and was fined for driving without due care and attention. When, after about 2 years, I was able to think about driving a car again, I was advised (not forced) to retake my test. I had no problem with that, but when I passed again, I found my driving was restricted to vehicles up to 3.5 tons, rather than the 7.5 tons I could drive previously. The explanation was that my left leg might not be strong enough to hold down the clutch on a lorry - ever tried pressing the clutch on a Morris Minor?

I hit 70 recently and had to renew my license. I was gutted to find that, some time in the past, the restriction had been lifted and I could have been driving a 7.5 ton lorry. I know I should have spotted this, but I didn't and DVLA didn't tell me.

Why am I telling you this? Just to get it off my chest.

In your case, G26, I wouldn't tell the insurance company anything. If you're waiting till the consultant says you're 100%, that should be good enough for anybody.

As far as we could see at the time there was nothing in the DVLA documents that specified fractures as being notifiable whereas when i was diagnosed with Glaucoma I had to notify the DVLA immediately.

AFAIK, the DVLA doesn't consider temporary conditions in it's list of notifiable conditions - but of course disregarding medical advice could have major implications if an accident occurred.

Perversely, I was advised not to drive for a month after a knee replacement on my left knee, despite my telling the orthopedic surgeon that I had an automatic!

Edited by RT on 23/06/2014 at 21:53