Petition · Department for Transport

Remove requirement to be 10-year seizure & medication free for HGV & PSV license

Open for signatures 203 signatures

What the petition asks

Remove requirement for people diagnosed with epilepsy to be seizure and medications for seizures free for 10 years to hold a licence for group 2 drivers (HGV & PSV). We believe that the individual case should be assessed to see by their medical teams to hold such a licence.
In my view the road traffic act of 1988 is out of date, unfair and unjustified. We want the Government to question why other medical conditions for example those who have had heart attacks and strokes are considered as having high risk conditions which are also medicated, but they are still allowed to drive group 2 vehicles.

Timeline

8 Jun 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 203
Status Open for signatures
Department Department for Transport
Opened 8 Jun 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.