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Renewing Insurance after Losing Licence

LadyDee · 2015-05-06 16:32:21

Last June I had to relinquish my driving licence for medical reasons following a collapse whilst pulling into my driveway. Luckily nobody was hurt, the only damage was to my car and my fence. However, every man & his dog got involved - paramedics, ambulance, and for some unknown reason, police and crash investigators! The…

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Car_54 Posts: 9,018 Forumite

8 May 2015 at 5:29AM

Ectophile wrote: »

If the police think you have been driving on a public highway, and have reason to believe that you may be drunk, then they will treat it as suspected drunk driving.

Or indeed on a "private" road, if it is accessible to the public. A locked gate makes it private: a sign does not.

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