Just remembered I should renew my UK license.

Was all going swimmingly online until I got to the bit where I have to give up this entitlement or apply by post.

Tellingly, they don't make it easy to get the forms, (havn't tried the post office yet) suggesting they don't really want you to do so.

How much of a hassle is it to do this? Medical required?

While I don't want to voluntarily surrender any existing rights, if its going to be a PITA and an expense every 3 years I suppose I will, since I dunno how likely it is I'll need them again.

To retain C1/D1 entitlement after the age of 70 you'd need to undergo the full medical for vocational licences, at your expense, at each 3 year interval.

Do you actually need C1/D1 or are you just reluctant to give them up?

Reluctant to give them up.

As a general rule, when you surrender any right to the state, you don't get it back.

Plus I dislike being "nudged", but I suppose I'll bend the knee.

I'd guess my block-of-flats Renault Dodge ExBT workshop truck camper might have fallen under those entitlements, and, TBH, I probably shouldn't have been driving that in London. Made my mouth go dry.

Probably wont need anything like it again, though one never knows.

If you lose C1/D1 at age 70 they aren't lost forever, just suspended - you can take the medical anytime after that and get them reinstated.

If your Dodge camper is over 3,501 kg gross weight then you will need your C1, but not if it's up to (and including) 3,500 kg.

Just remembered I should renew my UK license.

Was all going swimmingly online until I got to the bit where I have to give up this entitlement or apply by post.

Tellingly, they don't make it easy to get the forms, (havn't tried the post office yet) suggesting they don't really want you to do so.

How much of a hassle is it to do this? Medical required?

While I don't want to voluntarily surrender any existing rights, if its going to be a PITA and an expense every 3 years I suppose I will, since I dunno how likely it is I'll need them again.

To retain C1/D1 entitlement after the age of 70 you'd need to undergo the full medical for vocational licences, at your expense, at each 3 year interval.

Do you actually need C1/D1 or are you just reluctant to give them up?

Reluctant to give them up.

As a general rule, when you surrender any right to the state, you don't get it back.

Plus I dislike being "nudged", but I suppose I'll bend the knee.

I'd guess my block-of-flats Renault Dodge ExBT workshop truck camper might have fallen under those entitlements, and, TBH, I probably shouldn't have been driving that in London. Made my mouth go dry.

Probably wont need anything like it again, though one never knows.

If you lose C1/D1 at age 70 they aren't lost forever, just suspended - you can take the medical anytime after that and get them reinstated.

If your Dodge camper is over 3,501 kg gross weight then you will need your C1, but not if it's up to (and including) 3,500 kg.

I would assume that you would need to pass a supplementary driving test as well as the medical in order to get them reinstated. This would be reasonable in context, but inconvenient on a personal level.

No supplementary test to pass, just the medical.