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  • jetta_wales
    jetta_wales Posts: 2,168 Forumite
    To get a bus pass a dissabled person the rule of thumb is usually that your Dissability must at least be preventing you from being able to drive (some authorities are tighter than that though too).
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  • Tehya
    Tehya Posts: 501 Forumite
    To get a bus pass a dissabled person the rule of thumb is usually that your Dissability must at least be preventing you from being able to drive (some authorities are tighter than that though too).

    That's how I'm entitled to mine. I wouldn't get a driving licence because I suffer with severe and unpredictable vertigo (meniere's disease). I have to re-apply every two years and send medical evidence of my condition.

    My husband also has a pass but he doesn't have to apply in the same way because he receives higher rate mobility. All he has to do is send his award letter every three years or so.
  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,865 Forumite
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    I don't know where else to post this for some advice .
    I now am 60 I have arthritus,I can apply for my bus pass to start next year, My partner 57 like all women now cannot retire till she's 66 , she also has arthritus, but cannot apply for a bus pass till she retires. Niether of us is going to be able to drive by the time she retires, Is the government that hard up , we are not invalids but is there anything we could apply for to help?

    Thanks

    Are you sure that her retirement age is 66, as I think it will be about 63/64. You should use the guide online to check although of course it may change.
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  • jetta_wales
    jetta_wales Posts: 2,168 Forumite
    Tehya wrote: »
    That's how I'm entitled to mine. I wouldn't get a driving licence because I suffer with severe and unpredictable vertigo (meniere's disease). I have to re-apply every two years and send medical evidence of my condition.

    My husband also has a pass but he doesn't have to apply in the same way because he receives higher rate mobility. All he has to do is send his award letter every three years or so.

    I have one too because I'm registered blind. Funnily enough they won't let me drive either :)
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  • eskimo26
    eskimo26 Posts: 897 Forumite
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    I asked my doctor to consider requesting a bus pass for me to get to the local leisure centre to swim which is something she wanted me to do for my health.

    I got it a few years ago and it doesn't expire until 2013 which i was surprised at!

    I'm not on DLA but may have been on incapacity, there might have been a form but if there was it was to short to remember, I think the lady at the help shop might have taken name and address and that was it.

    I'd imagine they've tightened it up since then?
  • Sueinbirmingham
    Sueinbirmingham Posts: 1,665 Forumite
    I sent the letter the DVLA sent me when they told me I couldn't have a licence on medical grounds. The DVLA website has details of who can and cannot drive. I haven't been asked for a fresh letter on renewal, so I don't have to keep applying for a licence and be turned down, however I did enclose a copy of a current prescription. I gave details of my GP but I don't think they contacted him.

    (To avoid any doubt for anyone reading this, this basis for qualifying for a bus pass doesn't include people who are not permitted to drive because of alcohol/illegal drug misuse.)

    It's worth checking what the local scheme offers. The schemes are all different according to where you live. The UK is carved up so that, for example, an English pass lets you travel on buses throughout England but not in Scotland or Wales and vice versa. Then some local authorities add on extras like letting you use local underground/metro/train services. There are standard qualifying conditions for each kingdom/principality, then local areas may extend these.
  • Prinzessilein
    Prinzessilein Posts: 3,257 Forumite
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    My doctor wrote a statement to say that I had a medical condition (not drug/alcohol/substance abuse related) which meant I could not have a driving licence. Then my council gave me a really straight-forward one-page form to fill out. With this I got my disabled bus-pass.
    It needs to be renewed every three years.
  • birkee
    birkee Posts: 1,933 Forumite
    My doctor wrote a statement to say that I had a medical condition (not drug/alcohol/substance abuse related) which meant I could not have a driving licence. Then my council gave me a really straight-forward one-page form to fill out. With this I got my disabled bus-pass.
    It needs to be renewed every three years.

    No comment, just a question.

    What's the difference between someone who can't hold a driving licence on medical grounds, and someone who can't have a driving licence because they've never learned to drive?
  • jetta_wales
    jetta_wales Posts: 2,168 Forumite
    signis wrote: »
    One proves a need for public transport whilst the other proves nothing - maybe that they couldn't be bothered to learn to drive!

    It's like saying what's the difference between somebody who can't get out of the house on their own and somebody who just never wants to, it's a bloody big difference indeed lol.
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  • merlin68
    merlin68 Posts: 2,405 Forumite
    Our council only give bus passes to those on high rate mobility. Or who have proof from dvla that they can't drive.
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