Any driver turning seventy-five will receive a demand from the RTA that they visit their doctor for a mandatory health check. The doctor will need to certify that they are mentally and physically capable of continuing to hold a drivers license, or if that license should have restrictions.
This form also contains a declaration that will instill fear into the hearts of those who have a disability parking permit, which allows them to park in the special disability parking spaces - and allows extra parking time where kerb parking is time restricted.
The notice states that the RTA will compare this form with it's records to see if the driver has a disability parking permit, and if so that permit may be cancelled.
It seems that if the doctor thinks you are fit to drive your car, then you are too fit to also have a disability parking permit.
The state government thinks that too many people have these permits and has devised a second use for elderly driver medicals - to strip those who pass of this entitlement.
The only conclusion seems to be hostility from the government against the elderly driving cars and a wish to force them off the road and onto public transport - when that exists.
This is a new law - with a hidden agenda !
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