Car licenses

I have a vague recollection that, when they reviewed the license system (in the late 1980's I think) they removed categories by default but you could retain them if you appealed or furnished a medical certificate or something like that. A lot of people who previously had a heavy van/light truck license (now category C1) just didn't bother as they mainly drove cars.

Even under the new system, some people baulked at having to do a medical. I was in the queue in the old tax office in Chancery Place years ago and a man in front of me was renewing his license. The official said he'd have to present a medical to retain the truck and bus categories but he said he wasn't willing to spend the money so they renewed it with just a category B. Madness on his part.