Q have an artificial leg ILL which I feel does not
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prevent me from driving a heavy goods vehicle. When I applied for a provisional hgv driving licence, however, this was refused because my ordinary driving licence shows only
motor cars and motor tricycles as the types I am allowed to drive. Surely if I can drive a car then I should be able to drive an hgv and if I can satisfy the examiner that l am competent to do so should this not be sufficient?
AYou say that the reason why you have been refused a licence is because your ordinary driving licence shows only motor cars and motor tricycles in the types you are allowed to drive. This decision does not appear to have anything to do with you having an artificial leg.
You do not say how old you are but presumably you are under 21 years of age if you hold such a driving licence. Before the new EEC driving licence regulations were adopted in the UK (in April this year), drivers under 21 years of age could drive only motor cars (vehicles which did not exceed 3 tons unladen). Therefore driving licences restricted to this class of vehicle were issued till the person concerned became 21 years of age, when it was necessary to apply for the full licence.
If you are over 21, then you have failed to do this and possibly the LA has assumed that you are under 21, the minimum age to hold an hgv driving licence. In this case you should ask for your ordinary licence to be changed and then apply again for a provisional hgv licence.