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Done the driving assessment and will give a brief description for future searches as I presume they will be pretty much the same across the UK.
There was an physio therapist and driving assessor.
First was a cognitive test. I noticed they were all being timed, but it was explained that time was critical. I had a page with about 30 marks like this / I had to put a line through them all to make them into X. Straight forward enough. Next page contained a lot of numbers and letters and they were randomly spread out over an A4 sheet. I had to draw a line from 1-A, 2-B, 3-C etc. Easy at the start until a lot of random lines start to cover the page. I was made to go as far as 10-J when they said they were happy enough. Next was a page with a clock face and no hands and I was asked to mark the hands down as showing 11:45. Cringe as this is stuff I do for my childs homework. I noticed more pages of tests but the assessor and PT said they were happy enough and we’ll go to the driving assessment. I do believe that if you struggled on some of these tests they may have made you do more.
I was asked if I’m using my own car or their *car* I explained my own. We done the eye test of reading a number plate then got into the car. PT in back and assessor in front. It was explained that’s it’s an assessment not a test and that we all pick up so called bad habits and as long as he believes they do not cause risks it’s ok. Things like crossing arms when turning and constantly checking mirrors.
Through out the whole assessment the PT was watching and taking notes while the assessor kept an eye on me but was more clued in to the road ahead.
Assessment would last 1 hour and take me through a mixture of roads and junctions. There was some very busy #junctions# which ment I had to go through 3 lanes of traffic to get to them. But it was just the basic take the next left/right etc. Just one instruction were he gave me 4 instructions to do without being reminded. It was ‘at the end of this road take a left and at the end of that road take a right. After 35 minutes he asked the PT was she happy and she said yeah, so he told me we will head back and finish up. He asked me did I know my way back and I said yes, so he told me to do it without instruction. Easy enough tbh.
# I know some folk do not like busy multiple lanes and junctions and will avoid them. I don’t think you can get away without driving in or around them.
* It was made very clear that it keep my manual license I have to do the assessment in a manual car. If I dive an automatic car they will provide me a manual car and give me time to get used to it. This was made very clear.
When we got into my car the PT asked was it manual or auto, I said neither. To which the assessor explained that it has no gears. We spent a few minutes talking about the car as he really liked it. My license arrived back as it left, the old manual license with all the old categories which you now have to do separate tests for. I was only expecting an automatic only license. EV anomaly?
Edit. He explained that he will be noting that he believes me to be a safe and experienced driver. That’s also why he cut the test short.
Edit 2. I was also told to expect a 3 year license due to my conditions, but it’s the full 10 year driving license.
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Done the driving assessment and will give a brief description for future searches as I presume they will be pretty much the same across the UK. There was an physio therapist and driving assessor. First was a cognitive test. I noticed they were all being timed, but it was explained that time was critical. I had a page with about 30 marks like this / I had to put a line through them all to make them into X. Straight forward enough. Next page contained a lot of numbers and letters and they were randomly spread out over an A4 sheet. I had to draw a line from 1-A, 2-B, 3-C etc. Easy at the start until a lot of random lines start to cover the page. I was made to go as far as 10-J when they said they were happy enough. Next was a page with a clock face and no hands and I was asked to mark the hands down as showing 11:45. Cringe as this is stuff I do for my childs homework. I noticed more pages of tests but the assessor and PT said they were happy enough and we’ll go to the driving assessment. I do believe that if you struggled on some of these tests they may have made you do more. I was asked if I’m using my own car or their *car* I explained my own. We done the eye test of reading a number plate then got into the car. PT in back and assessor in front. It was explained that’s it’s an assessment not a test and that we all pick up so called bad habits and as long as he believes they do not cause risks it’s ok. Things like crossing arms when turning and constantly checking mirrors. Through out the whole assessment the PT was watching and taking notes while the assessor kept an eye on me but was more clued in to the road ahead. Assessment would last 1 hour and take me through a mixture of roads and junctions. There was some very busy #junctions# which ment I had to go through 3 lanes of traffic to get to them. But it was just the basic take the next left/right etc. Just one instruction were he gave me 4 instructions to do without being reminded. It was ‘at the end of this road take a left and at the end of that road take a right. After 35 minutes he asked the PT was she happy and she said yeah, so he told me we will head back and finish up. He asked me did I know my way back and I said yes, so he told me to do it without instruction. Easy enough tbh. # I know some folk do not like busy multiple lanes and junctions and will avoid them. I don’t think you can get away without driving in or around them. * It was made very clear that it keep my manual license I have to do the assessment in a manual car. If I dive an automatic car they will provide me a manual car and give me time to get used to it. This was made very clear. When we got into my car the PT asked was it manual or auto, I said neither. To which the assessor explained that it has no gears. We spent a few minutes talking about the car as he really liked it. My license arrived back as it left, the old manual license with all the old categories which you now have to do separate tests for. I was only expecting an automatic only license. EV anomaly? Edit. He explained that he will be noting that he believes me to be a safe and experienced driver. That’s also why he cut the test short. Edit 2. I was also told to expect a 3 year license due to my conditions, but it’s the full 10 year driving license.
Well done fortunately I did not have driving reassessment Nuero gave me the all clear after 6 months. I can vaguely recall my intial nuero assessment according to the wife I virtual failed everything including the clock, the next time I passed that part of the assessment.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally say the wrong thing.
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