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Justice on a knife edge?
A consultant in rehabilitative medicine of my acquaintance used to use the “driving test” to decide whether someone did or did not have have uncontrolled problems with consciousness.
The patient would say that he had daily problems with staying conscious over which he had no control.
The doctor would say, “I presume that you’ve notified DLVA of this and given up driving?”
The patient would hastily back-pedal: “Oh no, I never have problems when I’m driving…”
Substitute poor grip, spasms in legs/back, need to get up and walk around frequently, coupled with normal car and controls…
The same consultant also used to say that if someone, especially a man who has driven much of his life, finds himself compelled by his health problems to stop driving on safety grounds, you should take it very seriously indeed.