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Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!novia!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!textspool2.readnews.com!s09-10.readnews.com!not-for-mail From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.legal.moderated Subject: Driving with a "Slow" Left Hand X-Posted-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:55:02 +0000 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID:  X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.71.49.124 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Original-Trace: posting.google.com 1300733626 8729 127.0.0.1 (21 Mar 2011 18:53:46 GMT) User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Ulm-Charter: http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.legal.moderated.html X-Ulm-Info-1: Submissions             uk-legal-modera…@usenet.org.uk X-Ulm-Info-2: Technical complaints only      sysadmin (at) moderation.org.uk X-Ulm-Info-3: Human moderators uk-legal-moderated-requ…@usenet.org.uk X-Comment: The moderators express no opinion about this article. X-Robomod: {R}UUM ©2003      Richard Ashton richard (at) moderation.org.uk X-Robomod-Trace: 11287820110321194613TT manual Approved: uk-legal-moderated moderators  Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: fc25c54f.gradwell.net X-Trace: DXC=2A?j`eTh@f_N=n=iBEVoBX@lWf8?fSK:QjS@R6]oDiI_V?F_[LD^WIY5?O821R22PXVo_MNZ^gK=_l2Yag_]<eXY X-Complaints-To: abuse@gradwellnet

I have an acquaintance who had an accident with his left hand when he was young, whereby he cleverly ironed it, meaning that it is now flatter than normal, and that by his own admission, to this day his hand and fingers move at around half the speed that they should, and his fingers are prone to dislocation.

This strikes me as potentially making driving significantly less safe, e.g. by reducing the ability to grip the steering wheel, gearstick etc in timely fashion. Is this condition therefore one which the person concerned should have notified the DVLA of, and would the DVLA have been likely to allow him to continue driving (I know that he does)? If it is something which the DVLA would be interested in, is there a mechanism by which I could notify them, concerned as I am for the safety of the people (particularly cyclists and pedestrians) who this person shares the roads with?

Thanks in advance.