Whilst we all seem to agree that Type1 drivers are being penalised, when a Type1 queried the night time hypos with the DVLA he was told that the standards are set by the Secretary for Health and not the DVLA.
He went on to put an e-petition online. I think some of you have seen and signed it.
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/ ... -diabetics
You could also lobby your MP because if they get an influx of mail from their constituents, they will reply eventually. No politician wants to lose votes.
I can understand that some of you are fearful of losing your licence which will result in job loss, repossession etc. but would like you to understand that these things often happen to the victim's family as well if the accident causes a fatality and your insurance will be null and void if you have lied on forms sent to the DVLA. I speak from personal experience about the tragic loss of my husband when he was in the prime of his life. He was knocked off his bike by a lorry driver who should not have been driving that day due to illness, not diabetes related, and my husband died at the scene. The lorry driver was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. I thought that things could not get any worse and did not relish the thought of going to court and seeing this man face to face. The worst part for me was when his wife came up to me and said that they were also suffering badly because her husband had lost his job. I couldn't believe the callous remark. He may have lost his job but he was still around to be a husband and see his kids grow up unlike my husband. Time has moved on and we do cope as a family but he is missed every day.
Drive safely, abide by the rules, join forces to get them changed but please do not tell porkies in case something happens that you will live to regret.
He went on to put an e-petition online. I think some of you have seen and signed it.
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/ ... -diabetics
You could also lobby your MP because if they get an influx of mail from their constituents, they will reply eventually. No politician wants to lose votes.
I can understand that some of you are fearful of losing your licence which will result in job loss, repossession etc. but would like you to understand that these things often happen to the victim's family as well if the accident causes a fatality and your insurance will be null and void if you have lied on forms sent to the DVLA. I speak from personal experience about the tragic loss of my husband when he was in the prime of his life. He was knocked off his bike by a lorry driver who should not have been driving that day due to illness, not diabetes related, and my husband died at the scene. The lorry driver was charged with causing death by dangerous driving. I thought that things could not get any worse and did not relish the thought of going to court and seeing this man face to face. The worst part for me was when his wife came up to me and said that they were also suffering badly because her husband had lost his job. I couldn't believe the callous remark. He may have lost his job but he was still around to be a husband and see his kids grow up unlike my husband. Time has moved on and we do cope as a family but he is missed every day.
Drive safely, abide by the rules, join forces to get them changed but please do not tell porkies in case something happens that you will live to regret.
