Diabetics and Driver's Licenses
I never answered "yes" and I'm not planning on it either for a few reasons.
1) I don't get the importance of it. The only person who would see this and care would be the police -if they stop you for driving like you are drunk, but in that case they wouldn't care anyway because they have heard all kinds of excuses in the career and will do a field sobriety test anyway.
2) I have plenty of identification indicating I'm type 1 diabetic (Medical Alert Bracelet, Wallet Card etc) so if I'm in an accident and unconscious the EMS won't have any trouble knowing what kind of help I need.
3) This "testing center" I must go to is a 3 hour drive from where I live (2 hours at my speeds) and I don't have that kind of time to take road trips once a year for no good reason.
So am I missing something? Is there another reason I haven't been told that will change my mind? Do you guys answer "yes" to that question?
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Permalink Reply by Dave _ on -
oh, and the biggest danger to people on or near a road, is idiots on cellphones!!!
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Permalink Reply by Pavlos on -
I somewhat disagree. It's idiots on cellphones, but it's the idiots that are texting while driving that are far worse than talking while driving.
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Permalink Reply by Sheila Green on -
http://www.northerncaliforniainjurylawyerblog.com/2007/05/fatal_san...
WOW - how you change your TUNE.
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Permalink Reply by Jessica Rasmus on -
ok so if anything that is an argument why diabetics should not have a drivers license at all.... are you trying to make that argument?
it is tragedy what happened in this case... but i dont understand what that has to do with answering yes to being diabetic for your license. its very easy to give too much insulin or too little on accident or by improper carb counting, etc.. its not a fault, no one does it on purpose. If you have never had this experience then you are lucky.
the government should not dictate what is considered taking "too much insulin" to live and have a restricted license because of it. the government needs to stay out of my health and fix my money.
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Permalink Reply by Patra Philips on -
No!
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Permalink Reply by Danny on -
Hey Pavlos, I checked "yes" on that box, hmm lets see about 20 years ago (I was 17 years old), without thinking. I have an "N" restriction on my license and required to have a yearly medical letter filled out by my doctor or I do not get to drive legally...This has been my life for 20 years, finally this year the DMV sent me another letter stating I could go down to their office and have the "N" restriction removed, Hallelujah! I guess they thought I served enough time ;)
Just check "NO".
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