FITS AND FITNESS TO DRIVE

Mention is made of changes in the law on driving licenses which took effect from January 1976, affecting the granting of driving licenses to applicants suffering from epilepsy. The regulations, as published in the third edition of "medical aspects of fitness to drive", by the medical commission on accident prevention, 1976, are reviewed, and guidelines are presented to help doctors and the licensing authorities to deal with various cases. It is suggested that the present regulations, which demand freedom from fits (or history of having them only while asleep) for three years, could be cut to two years without added risk or reduction of road safety. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  British Medical Association

  BMA House, Tavistock Square
  London WC1H 9JR,   United Kingdom 
• Publication Date: 1976-5-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1235-6
• Serial:
  • BMJ
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 6820
  • Publisher: British Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0959-8138
  • Serial URL: http://www.bmj.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver licenses; Epilepsy; Guidelines; Highway safety; Laws; Legislation; Physicians; Standards
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1550: Driving licence; 2113: Epilepsy; 1556: Legislation; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138956
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM