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<blockquote data-quote="crystalyips" data-source="post: 181582" data-attributes="member: 20352"><p>Popey states in his long and heart rending post that it is a legal requirement for diabetics to test their blood before getting into a car and driving.</p><p></p><p>I am a tad confused. Surely, if it is indeed a legal requirement,why is there a need for a petition to try and make it against the law to drive without testing?</p><p></p><p>Most people have enough conmon sense to test before they drive but as we all know there are times when our blood sugars drop like a stone and I do honestly wonder how good my hypo awareness would be whilst I was concentrating on driving.</p><p></p><p>I can't see how this law could be enforced. Apart from the police checking our glucose meters if they decide to pull us over there is no way at the moment that our testing methods prior to driving can be checked. In all my years of driving I have only been pulled over twice and thats despite the fact that I used to drive over 1000 miles a week.</p><p></p><p>I have problems with my eyesight so I have made the difficult decision of not driving until my sight stabilises. I can only hope that other people use their comnmon sense and test before they drive and always have some sweets or lucozade in the car when they do get behind the wheel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crystalyips, post: 181582, member: 20352"] Popey states in his long and heart rending post that it is a legal requirement for diabetics to test their blood before getting into a car and driving. I am a tad confused. Surely, if it is indeed a legal requirement,why is there a need for a petition to try and make it against the law to drive without testing? Most people have enough conmon sense to test before they drive but as we all know there are times when our blood sugars drop like a stone and I do honestly wonder how good my hypo awareness would be whilst I was concentrating on driving. I can't see how this law could be enforced. Apart from the police checking our glucose meters if they decide to pull us over there is no way at the moment that our testing methods prior to driving can be checked. In all my years of driving I have only been pulled over twice and thats despite the fact that I used to drive over 1000 miles a week. I have problems with my eyesight so I have made the difficult decision of not driving until my sight stabilises. I can only hope that other people use their comnmon sense and test before they drive and always have some sweets or lucozade in the car when they do get behind the wheel. [/QUOTE]
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