Deprivation of a driver's license for epilepsy in 2021: why it is prohibited to drive a car

Why is there a ban?

In most cases, epilepsy significantly limits the ability to drive. While driving, a person must have 100% control of the body, and also immediately make maneuvers if the situation on the road requires it. The disease does not allow these requirements to be fully realized. And this is due to seizures that occur with epilepsy.

An acute, albeit short-term, disruption of brain function occurs, which is why an adult usually falls into an unconscious state (with generalized attacks). The long course of the disease leads to the development of mental disorders and abnormalities , which can result in a nervous breakdown and other circumstances undesirable for the road.

A person cannot obtain a driver's license also because during seizures he does not control his physical state: convulsions develop, legs and arms move voluntarily. Some patients experience severe dizziness and even hallucinations. During an attack, vision and hearing deteriorate greatly, the person seems to fall into a pool, not understanding what is happening around.

Due to an epileptic seizure, the patient's condition leads to an emergency situation on the road. This is fraught with consequences such as the death of other people or their disability.

If for people who drive passenger vehicles, exceptions regarding obtaining a driver's license are applicable, then for drivers of buses and other large vehicles for transporting people, this is not the case.

There are quite a lot of factors that allow one to obtain rights for epilepsy.

Exceptions allowing driving

For the second group of drivers (category D), there is a strict ban on obtaining a driver's license if you have epilepsy. There are broad exceptions for category A, B and C drivers:

• the patient undergoes constant medical monitoring, and it is officially established that there have been no attacks for more than 5 years;
• a regular medical certificate is valid for 2 years for drivers; if the patient has epilepsy, the regularity of re-examination is prescribed by the doctor;
• the neurologist issues a conclusion on the suitability of the potential driver to drive a vehicle with epilepsy;
• more than 6 months must have passed since the last attack without additional symptoms of epilepsy during this period;
• it must be medically determined that epilepsy cannot cause a seizure while driving;
• It is also considered an indication that attacks can occur, but only in sleep;
• the patient does not experience loss of consciousness or acute limitation of motor functions during an epileptic seizure;
• the factors causing epilepsy were surgically eliminated;
• After stopping the drugs, there was a relapse, but the driver resumed treatment.

In the latter case, the person is banned from driving for 3 months.

Only 3 factors allow you to obtain a license for category D epilepsy, and the most important of them is the absence of seizures for 10 years.

The absence of drug treatment is also considered an important condition for this . That is, it is necessary to confirm that anticonvulsants were not taken during remission.

An indication may also be that attacks occur solely due to provoking factors, and driving or nervous tension associated with it are not included in this risk group. Also, a driver can get a license if a seizure has occurred only once in the last 5 years.

The decision on admission to driving is made by the attending physician, and in some cases a consultation is held.

Each case is considered individually. If a permit is issued, the person is required to carry with him at all times a medical certificate confirming his fitness to drive. The medical commission has the right to determine which category the patient will receive.

Features of the law restricting the right

There is a whole list of diseases that serve as a contraindication to obtaining a driver's license. A person with epilepsy should also become familiar with them, since concomitant disorders can completely prohibit driving:

• partial but severe loss of hearing or vision, determined by a medical commission;
• eye diseases, which may be accompanied by partial and temporary loss of vision, visual impairment, hallucinations;
• absence or temporary impairment of motor abilities of the arms or legs;
• some pathologies of the cardiovascular system;
• diseases of the endocrine system that can cause danger on the road;
• persistent alcoholism or drug addiction;
• gynecological diseases in which it is impossible to remain in a sitting position for a long time, or complications may arise right on the road.

The full list can be studied in the law, or checked with the medical commission.

If a person has received his license and is diagnosed with epilepsy in stable remission, he must be attentive to his health from now on.

Often attacks are provoked by lack of rest and strong emotions. When driving, you should not get carried away with long trips , which lead to the fact that a person sleeps 3-4 hours a day.

Obtaining a driver's license if you have epilepsy is possible, but you should be careful about your health and assess the risks. Bypassing official rules and requirements can lead to disastrous consequences on the roads.

Why are people with epilepsy prohibited from driving?

While driving a vehicle, the driver must:

• Be able to immediately perform the required maneuver;
• Fully control your body.

To reduce accidents, these health restrictions were invented.

What happens to a person during an attack:

• The normal functioning of the brain is disrupted. For some, the attack is associated with fainting;
• The physical condition of a person is disrupted, and he is unable to control his arms, legs and his body as a whole;
• Mental disorders;
• Dizziness, hallucinations;
• The function of the auditory and visual organs is impaired.

An epileptic attack can lead to an emergency on the road and lead to the death of innocent people and road users. Therefore, citizens with this disease cannot be allowed to drive a car.

Drivers are divided into two categories: those who drive passenger vehicles and those who transport people in large vehicles. The demand from drivers of the second category is stricter due to medical contraindications.

Conditions for admission to driving of the first category of persons:

• Obtaining a medical certificate every 1-2 years;
• There is a certificate from a neurologist about permission to drive;
• Six months have passed since the last relapse;
• Seizures that occur during sleep;
• Seizures without impaired motor function and without loss of consciousness;
• If the drug is discontinued, the driver does not have the right to drive for 3 months. You can renew your rights if you complete a course of medication;
• Treatment with surgery.

Conditions for admission to driving of the second category of persons:

• The last attack of epilepsy was more than 10 years ago and during this period of time he did not require drug treatment;
• Epilepsy seizures occur only in provoked situations and driving a car does not cause a negative impact on the person’s condition;
• A case of one attack that occurred more than 5 years ago.

As a result, it is possible to obtain a driver's license with epilepsy. The decision is made by the neurologist with whom you are registered. In severe cases, a council of doctors gathers to consider this issue.

A positive decision is made subject to certain conditions and restrictions, which are indicated in the driving document.

Important! In order to obtain permission to drive a vehicle, you need a medical certificate of health that is current at the moment.

Epilepsy is a strict contraindication to obtaining a driver's license. And each case is considered individually by a medical commission, where the selected type of transport management categories plays an important role in decision-making. To obtain a license to drive a passenger car (work as a driver is excluded), the conditions are softer than for permission to drive other types of categories of vehicles.

Epilepsy needs to be treated, and others need to be more attentive to the category of people with this disease, because heartlessness can lead to the death of a person.

Laws restricting the receipt of a driver's license for people with epilepsy are different in each country. Currently, the risk of road accidents for people with epilepsy is much higher than for other citizens. In this regard, driving in Russia is officially prohibited for people with epilepsy.

Deprivation of a driver's license: why people will be deprived of their license in 2021

There are several serious violations of traffic rules, for which a court decision can deprive the violator of his driver's license.

Those motorists who do not commit serious offenses on the road need not be afraid of deprivation. Exceeding a couple of tens of kilometers per hour, parking on the lawn, or failing to let a pedestrian pass at a crossing are not grounds for taking away your driver’s license.

Let's figure out why a driver's license can be taken away in 2021, and for how long the court can decide to deprive a driver's license.

Deprivation of rights for up to three months

For different violations in 2021, different periods of deprivation of driving license are provided. The mildest punishment is deprivation of rights for a period of one to three months. This kind of deprivation is the most difficult to “earn”, since it is provided for very rare violations:

• driving without license plates or hiding license plates;
• refusal to give way to a car with special lights on;
• repeated driving of a vehicle that is not registered with the traffic police.

Previously, many car enthusiasts installed frames on their cars that covered or reversed the license plate. This was done in order to protect against all-seeing speed cameras or lane control cameras. When the road inspection revealed a sharp increase in the number of motorists hiding license plates, an initiative arose to introduce deprivation of rights for such a violation.

You can also “arrive” for a deprivation of one to three months without giving way to a car with blue or red-blue flashing lights. These are ambulances, intensive care vehicles or police vehicles. Less common in the capitals are official Mercedes with a “blue bucket”; they are also considered cars with a special signal.

Also read: Traffic controller signals in simple language

Deprivation of rights from three to six months

Drivers may be deprived of their license for six months in 2021 for more serious violations, many of which create emergency situations and threaten the lives of road users.

There are more such violations than those listed for imprisonment from one to three months:

• violation of the rules for crossing a railway crossing;
• speeding by 60 kilometers per hour;
• driving in the oncoming lane;
• driving on a one-way road against traffic;
• two red light runs;
• speeding by more than 80 kilometers per hour (six months imprisonment).

Ignoring traffic lights or sound signals at a railway crossing, as well as stopping for no reason on the rails, lead to consequences in the form of deprivation of rights for up to six months.

To the delight of high-speed riders, traffic police inspectors have recently stopped using speed measuring radars. Deprivation of rights for excess will be legal if the resolution was issued by an inspector; a stationary control camera can only fine you 5 thousand rubles.

Any “oncoming traffic” will also result in either a warning and a fine of 5 thousand rubles, which is decided in court, or deprivation of rights for a repeated violation. The situation is the same with repeat running a red light: for the first case, a fine of 1000 rubles will be issued, for the second - a fine of 5 thousand or deprivation of rights for six months.

Under the new law, what diseases are prohibited from driving in 2021?

HOME / Society News Zoya Zharkova, Published January 30, 2020, 7:00

Moscow, 08/27/2020, 19:30:26, FTimes.ru editorial office, author Zoya Zharkova.

Any person who gets behind the wheel of a car must remember that he is responsible not only for his own life and the lives of the passengers in the cabin of his car, but also for the safety of those who meet him on the road.

Often the cause of accidents on the roads is the health of the driver - many drivers hide illnesses when undergoing a medical examination, and for some they appear after the examination. In this regard, in 2021, the State Duma introduced amendments to the law “On Vehicle Safety”; they began to take effect on January 1, 2020.

On August 3, 2021, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 23.1 of the Federal Law “On Road Safety,” the Government of the Russian Federation decided to approve a list of medical contraindications for driving a vehicle, a list of medical indications for driving a vehicle and a list of medical restrictions for driving a vehicle.

The State Duma introduced amendments to the law “On Vehicle Safety”

The Russian State Duma has made certain amendments to the law “On Vehicle Safety”. Its main rules can be found in Art. No. 23 Federal Law. Previously, this law did not list in sufficient detail the diseases for which driving is prohibited. The amendments are effective from January 1, 2021. They discuss in which pathologies you cannot drive a car, and in which you can.

• The amendments are based on the ICD-10 standard. Based on this standard, there are three classes of pathologies that are taken into account when determining the competence to drive vehicles:
• a complete ban on driving.
• These are the main pathologies in which those who get behind the wheel endanger the lives of themselves and others. These are diseases such as mental problems;
• special health conditions.
• This includes conditions where someone who takes all precautions is allowed to drive a car. This includes, for example, pathologies of the musculoskeletal system;
• restriction of machine control.
• This class of diseases concerns the operation of machines of only certain categories.

No one has repealed Article No. 2.7 of the “Road Rules”; it also introduces restrictions on driving vehicles. According to this law, painful conditions and fatigue are contraindications for driving.

For which diseases you cannot drive a car from January 1, 2020

To drive a vehicle, it is not enough just to successfully pass the traffic police exams. Before a candidate is admitted to them, he needs to undergo a medical examination, the results of which are designed to determine whether the potential driver can even drive a car.

In order not to waste time and money on learning to drive, you need to know in advance what medical restrictions exist when obtaining a driver's license.

Article 14b of Federal Law-196 establishes the impossibility of obtaining a driver’s license for those who have been diagnosed with mental disorders resulting from organic brain damage. According to the law, persons suffering from these diseases cannot be allowed to engage in activities related to the operation of high-energy vehicles such as a car or train.

In turn, Article 17b in some cases allows you to obtain a driver’s license, since it is associated with mental disorders with a short-term course. For example, neurotic, caused by stress or having a psychosomatic basis.

There is no chance for a schizophrenic or a patient registered at a psychoneurological dispensary to get a driver’s license.

Epilepsy

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The list of diseases with which you cannot obtain a driver's license has been clarified

Traffic cops have been waiting for this list, valid since January 6, for quite a long time. Although in the end they only need a certificate: pass or fail. The driver's ability to drive a car is determined by a medical commission. Based on the collected data, it determines the possibility of granting such a right to the applicant or not granting it.

You can get your license back only after passing the exam.

The list of restrictions is still simple. However, some nuances crept into it. For example, people with mental retardation should not drive a car.

It doesn’t matter that this category also includes those who cannot add 2+2, as well as those who cannot distinguish right from left.

The concept of mental retardation from a medical point of view includes a very wide range of mental abnormalities - from banal depression to inadequate perception of reality.

It must be said that categorical prohibitions apply only to diseases established by the international classification of diseases - ICD. The latest version of the ICD was released under number 10.

You can understand why people suffering from epilepsy should not drive; this disease is designated by qualification G40. Any attack will be fraught with an accident. One can understand why those who suffer from mental illness due to the use of various substances should not drive.

Those who suffer from any kind of depression or impulses should not drive, if this is confirmed by a medical report. Psychiatrists call this mood disorders (affective disorders).

The old medical requirements simply did not contain most of these medical prohibitions. And now there is.

But the most interesting thing is the ban on driving vehicles for those with a disease code corresponding to F60 - F69 - personality and behavior disorders in adulthood, including so-called sexual anomalies.

The State Duma proposed taking away cars from drunk drivers

Deprivation of a driver's license for epilepsy in 2018: why it is prohibited to drive a car

To obtain a license, the future driver must undergo a medical examination, which confirms that his state of health allows him to drive. The key to successfully passing the examination is the absence of serious chronic diseases. Epilepsy is one of these diseases.

What is epilepsy

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease. This disease is neurological, not mental; is not directly related to mental illness or disorders in the development of the psyche (for example, dementia), although it may be accompanied by them. The hallmark and main discomfort of epilepsy is periodic seizures.

There are two mechanisms at work in the human brain: excitation and inhibition. Usually they are in balance - they work simultaneously, in approximately the same “volume”; if one mechanism begins to “rage”, then the other “calms” it, balances it.

In epilepsy, the balance of these mechanisms is disturbed. In the brain (in any part of it) a small area is formed that is prone to increased excitability. The braking mechanism is “broken” in this area.

And sometimes it happens that here the process of excitation suddenly starts in full force: all the nerve cells of the area actively release electrical impulses, and there is no one to “extinguish” these impulses - inhibition does not work.

As a result, the brain temporarily ceases to control the body, waiting until the excessive stimulation of nerve cells subsides. It is at the moment of such “outbursts” of a small part of the brain that epileptic seizures occur.

The attacks last from several seconds to several minutes. They arise suddenly and stop just as suddenly. Seizures manifest themselves in different ways.

In the “classic” (known to many) version, a person ceases to control the body and muscles: convulsions begin, the epileptic falls, sometimes loses consciousness, relaxes and the tongue sinks; sometimes the attack is accompanied by nausea, involuntary urination, etc.

But attacks can also occur in a different way - manifest themselves as some unusual, strange states, for example:

• a person freezes for no reason;
• the gaze suddenly freezes;
• stops, speech is disrupted;
• muscles go numb, freeze or twitch;
• an uncontrollable flow of thoughts arises;
• a person experiences déjà vu;
• there is a feeling that the world around you or your own body is not real.

The most famous manifestation of epilepsy is seizures with convulsions and loss of consciousness.

Sometimes an epileptic attack is preceded by an aura - a special, similar state. The aura manifests itself in different ways: the temperature rises, auditory, taste or olfactory sensations arise, etc.

The occurrence of attacks is influenced by one of two factors:

• external - when an attack is provoked by some external stimuli (such epilepsy is called reflex);
• internal - an attack occurs on its own, provoked by the body itself.

The nature of the attacks and their manifestation depend on which part of the brain is “damaged”: frontal, temporal, parietal, etc.

Typically, the cause of epilepsy is heredity, which is why it first appears in childhood or adolescence. But this disease can also occur in an adult if he has experienced negative effects on the brain or nervous system, for example:

• stroke;
• infectious diseases (for example, meningitis);
• head injuries.

Epilepsy can also be the result of alcohol or drug addiction.

The peculiarity of epilepsy is that it has no cure. The only thing that can be done is to take special medications that “smooth out” the disease: weaken the symptoms, reduce the frequency of attacks. That is, speaking scientifically, you can only achieve remission of the disease.

Epilepsy and driving

As you know, vehicles (hereinafter referred to as vehicles) are sources of increased danger, therefore strict requirements are imposed on future drivers, including health requirements. In the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 29.

2014 No. 1604 (hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 1604) there is a list of diseases that “prevent the ability to drive a vehicle.” These include, in particular, epilepsy. Epileptics will not be given mandatory medical treatment. conclusion required to obtain a driver's license.

That is, people with epilepsy cannot obtain a driver’s license, since this is expressly prohibited by law.

It is simply dangerous for an epileptic to drive. This situation is explained by the properties of the disease:

• epileptic seizures are sudden and uncontrollable;
• External stimuli can trigger an attack: light, sound, environment.

The first point applies to all people with epilepsy. Any attack begins and ends suddenly. An epileptic cannot influence it in any way: prevent or stop it.

And it is quite possible that the attack will begin while driving. This is dangerous both for the driver himself and for those around him.

Especially if the attack manifests itself in the “classic” form, when a person not only cannot drive a car, but is not able to control his muscles.

The second point does not always work, because external stimuli provoke attacks only in the reflex form of epilepsy. If a person suffers from just such epilepsy, then it is unsafe for him to be a driver.

After all, there are enough external stimuli on the road: headlights from the oncoming lane, the roar of trucks, dangerous situations that cause stress (for example, a pedestrian suddenly ran out onto the road or some bad driver broke the rules and cut off).

All this sometimes tires even experienced drivers in good health, but it can have a more serious impact on a person with epilepsy.

A medical certificate for obtaining a driver's license is not issued to people suffering from epilepsy.

Other diseases that prevent you from becoming a driver

Decree No. 1604 also lists other diseases that may prevent a person from obtaining a driver's license. More precisely, it contains two lists:

• medical contraindications for driving a vehicle - a list of diseases for which it is prohibited to drive any vehicle;
• medical restrictions on driving a vehicle - a list of diseases for which you cannot drive a vehicle of a certain category; here are three lists for different categories: M, A, A1 (mopeds and motorcycles);
• B, BE (passenger cars with and without trailer);
• C, CE, D, DE, Tb, Tm (trucks, buses, trams, trolleybuses).

Epilepsy is a contraindication. In addition to this, this list includes:

• drug or alcohol abuse;
• dementia;
• schizophrenia;
• bipolar affective disorder;
• mental retardation;
• blindness in both eyes;
• achromatopsia.

You cannot drive mopeds and motorcycles if:

• the state of vision is as follows: one eye sees worse than - 0.6, and the other - worse than - 0.2;
• one eye is blind, the other sees worse than - 0.8;

The first five restrictions apply to categories B and BE. The list of rights restrictions for these categories also includes:

• absence of both hands;
• paralysis of both arms.

Problems with fingers or legs are not as important for car drivers as they are for motorcyclists.

The requirements for public transport and truck drivers are stricter because:

• For these people, driving a vehicle is a professional activity;
• greater responsibility (for passengers or transported goods).

You cannot drive a vehicle of categories C, D, Tm and Tb if:

• height below 150 cm;
• the best eye sees worse than - 0.8, and the other eye sees worse than - 0.4;
• a person is blind in one eye (and it doesn’t matter how the other eye sees);
• have chronic eye diseases;
• eye surgery was done less than a month ago;
• one arm or leg, hand or foot, fingers or phalanges are missing;
• the hand or foot is deformed;
• the leg is shortened by 6 cm or more;
• paralysis of arms or legs;
• there are diseases affecting the vestibular apparatus;
• there are injuries or deformations of the skull bones;
• have hearing problems.

Is it possible to get a driver's license with epilepsy?

According to the rules established not only in our country, but throughout the world, it is impossible to obtain a license for epilepsy.

True, in these rules, as in many others, there are exceptions that in some cases allow people suffering from a similar disease to drive a car.

Today we will talk about these exceptions, as well as why such a strict restriction exists for patients with epilepsy.

What kind of disease is this

Epilepsy is a serious neuropsychiatric disease characterized by brain damage and recurrent seizures (“fits”). During such seizures, the patient is not aware of what is happening, cannot control his actions, individual movements, and may also temporarily lose auditory or visual perception of the world.

The cause of this disease can be either heredity or physical trauma to the brain. It is worth noting that the disease itself is still little studied and experts can name its exact cause only in 20% of cases.

Another important point is that the sick person cannot help himself and is in dire need of outside help. Often, in the absence of this help, seizures can be fatal.

For these reasons, for patients with epilepsy, serious restrictions are legally established not only on driving, but also on permissible types of activities.

The list of restrictions includes:

• work at height;
• professional sports;
• work with electrical installations and power lines;
• work with units under high pressure;
• work in positions requiring the handling of weapons;
• practicing medicine;
• work in the food industry;
• teaching and educational activities.

True, an established diagnosis is not a lifelong ban, and in some cases these restrictions can be lifted (we will discuss this below).

Why patients should not drive a car

Since driving is a rather dangerous activity that can endanger not only the health and life of the motorist, but also the lives of others, a number of requirements are imposed on drivers.

They must have a quick reaction, adequately perceive the situation, make decisions instantly, have good vision and hearing, and also have full control over the functioning of their limbs. During an epileptic seizure, a person cannot fulfill any of these conditions, and in the worst case, he may even lose consciousness.

Based on the fact that such conditions are extremely dangerous and can lead to numerous victims in a few seconds, there are restrictions on driving cars for such persons.

Law restricting the right to drive

In Russia, any citizen who wishes to obtain a license must undergo a medical examination. And in its activities, this commission is guided by Order of the Ministry of Health 302n dated April 12, 2011. Paragraph 27 of this order provides a complete list of diseases that prohibit obtaining rights.

What are the medical restrictions for obtaining a driver's license?

All medical restrictions imposed on persons wishing to obtain rights are indicated in the same paragraph 27 of the Order, which was mentioned above.

In addition to epilepsy itself, it contains such medical contraindications as complete loss of vision, hearing loss, alcoholism, substance abuse, drug addiction, paralysis of the limbs, certain hormonal diseases, some gynecological diseases and others.

You can most fully familiarize yourself with the list of diseases and other restrictions by studying the order itself.

Is it possible to get a license if you have epilepsy?

And so, as we have already said, it is possible to get a license with a diagnosis of epilepsy, but first it is worth saying that all epileptics who want to get a license are divided into two categories (depending on the category of vehicle).

1. The first is for persons who want to drive personal transport (motorcycles and cars).
2. The second is people who want to transport people (work on public transport).

The requirements for these two categories are different (for the second, for obvious reasons, they are more stringent).

To obtain permission for the first category, you need:

1. Pass periodic commissions until 5 years have passed since the last seizure.
2. Undergo additional examinations (if you obtain a license) according to the schedule established by the psychiatrist.
3. Get a positive opinion from a neurologist.
4. According to the medical commission, those wishing to obtain a license do not have the prerequisites for seizures as a result of driving a car (for example, due to the headlights of oncoming cars or loud sounds).
5. At least 6 months have passed since the last seizure and, at the same time, the attacks occur exclusively in sleep.
6. There must be no serious brain damage.
7. During an attack, motor functions and clarity of consciousness remain normal.
8. Completed a full course of treatment (including surgery, if necessary).

If an attack occurs while driving a car, the driver is suspended from driving for a period of 3 months (only if the attack was caused by discontinuation of medication and after the attack the use was resumed). Otherwise, the suspension may be for a much longer period.

To gain admission to the second category you need:

1. More than 10 years have passed since the last seizure, and during this time the patient did not undergo drug treatment.
2. Seizures are purely provoked, and driving is not a factor.
3. Single attacks occur no more often than once every 5 years.

Removing the diagnosis of epilepsy

Complete removal of this diagnosis is quite rare, since it is not always possible to completely cure this disease, and relapses occur even after many years of calm periods.

The decision to remove the diagnosis can only be made by a full medical commission and only on the basis of long-term observation of the patient (even a single repetition of a seizure within 5 years will indicate the presence of the disease, and it will not be possible to remove the diagnosis).

Features of the law restricting the right

There is a whole list of diseases that serve as a contraindication to obtaining a driver's license. A person with epilepsy should also become familiar with them, since concomitant disorders can completely prohibit driving:

• partial but severe loss of hearing or vision, determined by a medical commission;
• eye diseases, which may be accompanied by partial and temporary loss of vision, visual impairment, hallucinations;
• absence or temporary impairment of motor abilities of the arms or legs;
• some pathologies of the cardiovascular system;
• diseases of the endocrine system that can cause danger on the road;
• persistent alcoholism or drug addiction;
• gynecological diseases in which it is impossible to remain in a sitting position for a long time, or complications may arise right on the road.

The full list can be studied in the law, or checked with the medical commission. If a person has received his license and is diagnosed with epilepsy in stable remission, he must be attentive to his health from now on. Often attacks are provoked by lack of rest and strong emotions. When driving, you should not get carried away with long trips , which lead to the fact that a person sleeps 3-4 hours a day.

Obtaining a driver's license if you have epilepsy is possible, but you should be careful about your health and assess the risks. Bypassing official rules and requirements can lead to disastrous consequences on the roads.

Why they will be deprived of their rights in 2021. Violations table

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Most often, drivers are deprived of their license when they drive drunk, refuse a medical examination, or leave the scene of an accident. Such punishment is also possible for ordinary speeding. We have collected all the violations in one table and tell you who is deprived of their license and how, how a driver can challenge the deprivation and get his license back.

Table of contents

Drivers are deprived of their licenses for gross violations of the rules under Articles 12 of Chapter 1 of the Administrative Code. Sometimes the court may impose a more lenient alternative sentence.

If a driver has debts on fines and alimony of more than 10,000 rubles, bailiffs have the right to restrict his right to drive a car. If the driver continues to drive a car with a license that was suspended by the bailiff, he will be subject to suspension.

Only a court can deprive a driver of a driver’s license, the exception being when bailiffs suspend them for debts.

The traffic police inspector only removes the motorist from driving - the car is taken to the impound lot. Such a measure is possible in case of drunk driving, if the car is not registered or is faulty. In other cases, the inspector only records the violation.

The inspector draws up a protocol. A traffic police officer stops the driver and enters the data into the administrative violation report:

• date and place;
• position and name of the inspector;
• information about the driver;
• data of witnesses and victims, if any;
• violation and article of the Administrative Code;
• driver's explanations.

The inspector is obliged to explain to the driver his rights. After this, the protocol is signed by the driver, the inspector himself and the witnesses. A copy of the document remains with the driver. The traffic police sends the protocol to the magistrate within three days from the date of the protocol.

The judge makes a decision. The case is being considered by the court of the district where the driver violated the law. The driver has the right to file a petition to have the case transferred to the court at his place of residence. He can participate in the process, or ignore it - then the case will be considered in his absence.

The judge makes a decision immediately after the hearing and prepares a ruling within 10 days. During this time, the driver has the right to appeal the decision to a higher authority.

The driver hands over his license to the traffic police. If the driver does not challenge the decision or the higher authority leaves the decision in force, he must independently submit his license to the traffic police within three days.

Pass the exam. To get your license back, the driver passes a theoretical exam on knowledge of the rules of the road. According to the rules, this can be done as soon as half the period of deprivation of rights has passed. You can sign up for the exam at the Interdistrict Registration and Examination Department (MREO) of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, do not forget your passport.

Pay fines. The license will not be returned if the driver has at least one outstanding fine. Check whether you have debts on the main page of the “Staff Traffic Police Fines”; to do this, you just need to know the car number and vehicle registration certificate.

If you are deprived of it for drunk driving, get a medical certificate. The driver is required to undergo a medical examination and receive a certificate for any of three violations:

• drove while drunk,
• refused a medical examination,
• drank alcohol at the scene of the accident before the police arrived.

Contact the traffic police. When the period of deprivation ends, the driver brings to the department in person:

• passport;
• medical certificate, if needed;
• a copy of the court order;
• receipt for payment of fines;
• document confirming successful passing of exams.

If the driver does not come to the traffic police to obtain a license within three years, the document is destroyed by law.

At the scene of the violation. Ask the inspector to name the article of the Code of Administrative Offenses that you violated. If you do not agree with the protocol, you have the right to write down your objections or express disagreement.

In a court. When a case is heard in court, be sure to go to hearings and try to prove innocence. Video recordings, witness statements, and notes in the protocol can be used as evidence.

It is best to hire a lawyer. If the protocol is drawn up with violations, he will see this and submit a petition to the judge to declare the document invalid.

If you keep driving. For driving a car after deprivation, you will be fined 30,000 rubles. The alternative is arrest for 15 days or compulsory work for up to 200 hours.

If you hand over the steering wheel to a violator. If you entrust driving a car to a driver whose license has been revoked, you will also be fined 30,000 rubles.

Remember

1. Most often, drivers are deprived of their license when they drive drunk, refuse a medical examination, or leave the scene of an accident.
2. The inspector draws up a protocol and sends it to the magistrate, who makes a decision.
3. The driver has the right to disagree with the protocol and defend his rights in court.
4. The driver can challenge the court decision; if the decision is not overturned, he will have to bring his license to the traffic police himself.
5. To return the license, the driver passes the traffic rules theory, collects documents and contacts the traffic police.
6. You cannot drive after deprivation, the fine is 30,000 rubles.

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