I have a question
johnny@.
I have witnessed 3 people go into a diabetic coma, and they can't seem
to tell when it is coming on. They act like they are drunk, and are
uncontrollable.
Passed out driver plows through Bartlett neighborhood
jtees4
As a driver, I get very upset when I see a report on TV about a
diabetic doing this kind of crap. The news always seems to make
excuses for them...I'd rather these people are held accountable in
some way. Why? Because one day diabetics won't be allowed to drive. We
have to take responsibility or we may lose the right someday. We have
to pull over if we knoiw we are diabetic and feel any symptoms.
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" johnny@." <joh...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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In the US, drunks outnumber diabetics, on the road, by 100 to 1. As a
diabetic, I'll quite driving when all drunks quite driving.
ray
Interesting question. The fact is that many of us maintain good control
of our disease and are no risk at all. For one example, a type 2 diabetic
on metformin (oral med) and not taking insulin is not going to go hypo -
there is essentially zero risk. IMHO, those on insulin need to be more
careful, though I certainly cannot speak definitively since I'm not on
insulin. Seems it would be easy to take too much and 'blow yourself out
of the water' so to speak.
Banning diabetics from driving is not a reasonable answer, IMHO -
teaching them to better manage their disease is.
Asazel
to drive when the risk of becoming incapacitated at a critical moment is
acceptable.
Please don't say that "any risk is unacceptable" because that's plain and
simple untrue. Any person, no matter what their priot health could suffer a
stroke, heart attack, epileptic fit or whatever. I agree, the risk is small
for most people, but it is never zero for anybody.
So the question to be asked is "is the risk acceptable?"
With a diabetic, the answer is more likely to be "No" but it is not always
"No". Judging the extent of the risk is a difficult job, and trying to sit
down and make up a comprehensive set of rules and guidelines is likely to
fail. I think it falls on the individual person, and their individual doctor
to make an assessment and a judgement. State licencing boards may pay a
doctor to assess the risk. Some drivers may be forced to stop driving
despite their confidence. Happens all the time to old, and demented people.
But if you're going to take the line that "any risk is unacceptable" then
why stop at diabetics? Smokers have a much greater risk of stroke, so get
them off the roads. People with high blood pressure -- the same. And people
with panic attacks ... they might have one and crash the car. The list goes
on and on. At some stage you have to decide when the risk is too great, and
this is an individual thing.
" johnny@." <joh...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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BessieBee
>Should diabetics be allowed to drive?
Several years there was a two car accident on a local two lane road
that killed a local man. The other driver was a young man going to
lunch - he walked away without a scratch. A week or more later it was
announced that the young man had had "a diabetic reaction" and hit the
other car head on.
It was annouced later that the young man wouldn't face any charges,
the fatal accident was being treated as an "oops!" I called the
county attorney and asked why the young man was not being held
accountable. I was told it was a medical condition and he didn't
think it was right to charge him with anything.
Until the general public knows more about diabetes and the
responsibilities its patients should have there will be stupid
decisions like what happened here. Even more than the general public
diabetics need to educate themselves (ourselves) to the ramifications
of this disease.
--
BessieBee
Leslie
OOF :-)
"My face, I don't mind it because I am behind it.
It's the folks out front that get the jolt."
~My Grandma, 1898-1981~
noego
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There are many people - diabetics and non-diabetics - who in my opinion
should not be allowed to drive. It's no use singling out any group
(diabetics, the elderly, or even people wearing hats) without providing some
statistics as to accident rates by those groups. I think that the healthy
young male with a bit of booze in him figures prominently in the statistics.
Does anyone have figures of which group causes most or many accidents?
Here in Australia I have to get a doctor's report which he has to submit to
the traffic authorities to certify that I am fit to drive.
Henry.
bgl
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>
> There are many people - diabetics and non-diabetics - who in my opinion
> should not be allowed to drive. It's no use singling out any group
> (diabetics, the elderly, or even people wearing hats) without providing
> some statistics as to accident rates by those groups. I think that the
> healthy young male with a bit of booze in him figures prominently in the
> statistics. Does anyone have figures of which group causes most or many
> accidents?
>
Insurance companies certainly know that young people, particularly young
men, have more accidents, and charge premiums accordingly.
> Here in Australia I have to get a doctor's report which he has to submit
> to the traffic authorities to certify that I am fit to drive.
>
In DC I have to get a doctor's certificate that I'm fit & an eye doctor's
(ophtho or optom, not just your regular md) certificate that my vision is
good. Both certs have "expiration dates" (that don't match my license
expiration -- the docs can choose 1-4 years) by which time I have to submit
a new set. Anyone over a certain
age *may* be required to take a written or even a road test for renewal --
but that requirement has been in flux for a couple of years; no telling what
it'll be by the time I get "there".
bj