{"id":458,"date":"2010-12-01T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=458"},"modified":"2016-03-17T10:38:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T10:38:16","slug":"driving-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Driving Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SMART Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

If there is a doubt about fitness to drive after stroke\u00a0the person\u00a0may be referred for a driving assessment<\/strong>. This is not the same as the driving test. It is designed to clarify if\u00a0they are ready to drive again or not.<\/p>\n

The driving assessment looks at any permanent damage to vision, memory, judgement, concentration problems or slower reaction times in an emergency. Muscle spasms, altered sensation or any effects of stroke which may cause loss of consciousness such as fainting or fits can impair driving ability. In some instances a speech and language problem may affect driving if the person has difficulty understanding spoken or written language.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Driving Assessment Service <\/strong>is based at the SMART<\/strong> centre, Astley Ainslie hospital in Edinburgh. They not only perform the assessment but can also advise on any adaptations to your car or recommend additional driving lessons to regain confidence when driving. There is a waiting list for appointments at the driving assessment centre. If after stroke the person wants to drive again\u00a0they should ask for a referral to be made by\u00a0their GP.\u00a0Referrals are taken from across Scotland.<\/p>\n

The DVLA<\/strong> (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency) may send some drivers with medical conditions to the Driving Standards Agency for a driving appraisal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there is a doubt about fitness to drive after stroke\u00a0the person\u00a0may be referred for a driving assessment. This is not the same as the driving test. It is designed to clarify if\u00a0they are ready to drive again or not. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[43,289,290],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-driving","tag-adaptations","tag-driving-assessment","tag-scottish-driving-assessment-service"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6628,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/6628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}