Driver's license in Thuringia: hundreds affected, cause health!

Driver's license in Thuringia: hundreds affected, cause health!

Weimarer Land, Deutschland - In 2024, the driver's licenses in Thuringia were withdrawn from a total of 739 people due to health problems. This reports Thuringia24 and refers to the Interior Ministry at a request from the left-wing parliamentary member of Sascha Bilay. Due to diseases or restricted eyesight, the affected people were classified by the municipal driving license authorities as unsuitable for driving motor vehicles. The district of Nordhausen is particularly affected, where most of the withdrawals were recorded with 89 cases.

The regions of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (74 cases) and Erfurt (64 cases) are also very popular when it comes to driving license trains due to health reasons. In Weimar itself, 12 and 14 cases were found in Weimar. A legal basis for these measures is the driver's license regulation, which lists all relevant diseases and restrictions that can affect driving suitability, such as neurological diseases, mental disorders or visual problems.

who can drive and who not?

Although the withdrawal of the driver's license for the persons concerned can bring considerable restrictions, in certain cases there is the possibility of continuing to drive despite health problems. Regular medical examinations must be presented for this. This often affects older people or people with chronic illnesses who may be able to regain participation in road traffic after a medical assessment.

In addition to the health aspects, 50 people lost their driving license because they were considered to be unsuitable in terms of driving. The reasons for this are, for example, ignorance of the traffic rules. An eye should also be thrown on the 531 cases in which driving vehicles such as e-scooters or bicycles, mainly for alcohol or drug abuse.

legal bases

According to FRACHALTRIPHT.de, the withdrawal of the driver's license is carried out by an administrative act of the responsible driving license authority. The loss of driving license can be caused not only through health reasons, but also due to serious traffic offenses such as alcohol or drug abuse, escape escape or gross negligence. The resulting consequences can take drastic dimensions for those affected, especially if they are professional drivers who are dependent on a driver's license.

It is important to note that the withdrawal of the driver's license is not synonymous with a driving ban. While a driving ban is limited in time, withdrawal of the driver's license can be permanently. For those affected, only the way to the hearing and sometimes even a medical-psychological examination (MPU) remains in order to check the suitability again before they can apply for a new distribution of their driving license.

The costs associated with a license withdrawal can range from several hundred to a thousand euros, including fees, fines and legal fees. It is therefore advisable to contact a specialist lawyer for traffic law in such cases in order to discuss possible objections or exceptional permits.

The situation in Thuringia shows that the implementation of the driving license provisions in the health sector is taken very seriously and the authorities are increasingly taking care of safety in road traffic. The number of driving license trains due to health problems illustrates the problem that affects many people, especially older fellow citizens and those with previous illnesses.