This is not an easy way for people with a medical condition that prevents them from driving, as DVLA won't issue even a provisional.
As for your odd case, surely carrying a banned driver as a passenger isn't an offence, yet they were in the shop and you were in your car and fully taxed and insured to drive it. Sometimes though, a persistent offender will be placed under covert surveillance, so this is one way the police might have known who was with you, even though they were in the shop.
I only hold a profis mate, No covert operation going on albeit I was most likely spotted, But the law states they have to catch you driving, Even if I was seen with a banned driver next to me than how do they know it was me driving? at that time,
Hense they have to see you driving at the time of the offence, I had two people in the back and no one in the front, I was parked up around the corner from the shop, police drove towards me and turned around, At this time I took the keys gave them to a mate then went into shop, Only than the police see me speaking to somebody they thought was sitting next to me,
NO PROVE, They could not even get me of being in charge of the vehicle as they took the keys from my friend,
And no not a persistant offender, I used to be but not no more, The police knew who I am and the people in the back, Even may have known that a banned driver was in the passenger side of my car,
BUT at time of this I was not driving, It does not matter if they seen me 20 minutes before this, I spoke to a few solicitors and a ex police sergeant, He siad the offence had to take place there and than, I did not know it was an offence to be parked up in a car? I hate police but the ex sergent is a top man, a friend of my dads, More dodgy than a pack of jammy dodger biscuits,
I have full blown proof that alot of dodgy coppers out there, The checky mug had a cheeck to say if you do not calm down Terry I will arrest you for drink driving
He knew he had nothing on me, or he would of pulled me in for drink drive, Its pretty dam hard as was not driving and was not in control of the car as my mate had the keys,
All they wanted to do is interrupted what ever I was doing, Any one with some brains would of waited till I drove of than pulled me,Hense I do not understand,
To top it off I was also done for no L plates, Again I was not bloody driving,
Sorry for the of topic but will keep any one updated once been court,
Oh and yes you are right about the medical conditions, But they do have to be informed by doctor or what ecer, So its rare that this occurs, You do how ever have to declare this on the forms