Driving
What are the details?
All you need to know to get support with driving, motability scheme and blue badges.
Find out the rules if you develop changes to your health, sight or mobility, and what to do and who to contact.
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Information on Blue Badge and Mobility
Find out if your are eligible for a blue badge to support you with disabled parking to what to do if you lose it.
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Address
Staffordshire County Council , Staffordshire Place , Stafford, ST16 2DH
Telephone
03001 110300
Motability
Find details about the Motability Scheme and partners in your area. The scheme enables disabled people to get mobile by exchanging their mobility allowance to lease a new car, scooter or powered wheelchair.
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Telephone
03004 564566
Blue Badge Scheme Explained
Disability Rights UK, explain all the details you need to know to understand the rules of the scheme.
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Telephone
03309 950400
Helping Learner Drivers
This website is endorsed and created with ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents). It explains everything from finding an Approved Driving Instructor to what the driving test will involve. It also shares information about insurance and further driving training.
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Finding a Driving Instuctor
Disability Driving Instructors help people with physical disabilities, special educational needs and those with hearing difficulties who need advice about driving.
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Address
Disability Driving Instructors, , Laburnum Cottage, Bennets Lane, Crich, Derby, DE4 5BS
Telephone
0844 8007355
Driving Assessment Centre
Contact the main headquarters for the West Midlands for a driving assessment and advice on vehicle adaptations and tuition. They will then work with a local assessment centre, in Cannock.
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Address
Centre Unit 11, Network Park,, Duddeston Mill Road,, Saltely, Birmingham, B8 1AU
Telephone
0121 3594222
This dedicated website provides advice endorsed by ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) and offers useful films to watch on driving safely to when to make that decision to give up driving.
It even gives you links to the highway code so you can keep up to date with any changes.
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