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Older motorists may face 'medical fitness to drive' tests and could be forced to surrender their driving licence to the DVLA. Essex Police’s Roads Policing Investigations team's sergeant Pete Sharpe works with professionals at East Anglian DriveAbility to offer Fitness to Drive assessments.

East Anglian DriveAbility, a not-for-profit charity, receives referrals from DVLA, Motability, NHS and GPs, and self-referrals alongside Essex Police.

A decision to be referred to the Medical Fitness to Drive Assessment can be made if any of these three conditions are met: those who are suspected to have notifiable medical conditions that have contributed to the offences or already driving an adapted vehicle and those over 70 years.

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