Renewing your driver’s license It is something that every driver faces every ten years. The first few times it seems like a simple task, as the psychotechnical test is quite simple and accessible. However, as you get older it becomes more complicated, as your reflexes and other psychophysical skills fail. For them, the regulations are tightened and the list of diseases that affect when driving and will not allow the renewal of the license, so take note if in doubt.
Nowadays, society has an increasingly older average age. The quality of life has improved and that contributes to us living longer. That also means that there are longer-lived drivers. From the age of 65, a renewal of the license was required every five years, but that rule is going to be tightened. From 2025, drivers must People over 70 years old will have to renew their license every two yearsThis implies greater monitoring of their abilities at an age when driving is already considered a risk.
While they are also studying whether to limit the type of vehicles that these senior citizens can drive or implement time restrictions, they also take the opportunity to make a reminder about the diseases that are incompatible with driving. We have already talked about some medications that affect and could even give a positive result in a test, but this goes a step further. It is a list launched by the DGT that prohibit renewal from the license if the driver suffers from it. Although it is true that each case must be studied.
List of diseases that affect
- Transient ischemic attack
- Alzheimer
- Large vessel aneurysm
- Sleep apnea
- Arrhythmias
- Crisis or loss of consciousness
- Dementia or anxiety disorder
- Depression
- Automatic defibrillator
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- Dissection
- Oncological diseases
- Heart diseases
- Degenerative, neurological and chronic diseases
- Digestive diseases
- Endocrine diseases
- Neurological diseases
- Oncological diseases
- Respiratory diseases
- Epilepsy
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Hypothyroidism and parathyroidism
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Pacemaker
- Nephropathy with dialysis
- Parkinson
- Vascular problems
- Valve prostheses
- Kidney transplant
- Personality disorder
- Intellectual development disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Sleep disorders
- Oncohematic disorders
In order to drive with these diseases, a medical report must be presented confirming that it does not affect the person. There are also some conditions. For example, people in chemotherapy treatment They must wait a period of three months after the end of their license to be able to renew their license. Another reason why we cannot renew our license is if we suffer from vertigo, a bad friend when it comes to driving.
In the case of suffering epilepsya favorable report from the doctor is required in order to renew the license every two years, or every five years provided that the affected person has not suffered any epileptic seizures for three years. For security reasons, those people who suffer from epilepsy will not be able to renew their license. depression, anxiety, dementia, personality disorderin this way we try to avoid “scares” at the wheel.
Whoever suffers cardiovascular ailments The driver will not be able to renew his/her license without first presenting a favorable medical report, the use of a pacemaker forces the renewal to be delayed by one month and a defibrillator postpones the renewal by half a year. While those who have needed a valve prosthesis or have suffered a stroke myocardial infarction will have to wait for three months.
