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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1433675" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Has the change to the rules allowing nocturnal hypos and waking hypos to be treated differently actually come in yet? There are supposed to be legislative amandmends by January 2018 but I'm not sure if it's been done or awaited</p><p></p><p>Really I think that's only about severe hypos requiring 3rd party assistance, for the no more than 1 severe hypo in the last 12 months rule.</p><p></p><p>The issue here looks to be hypo awareness. DVLA requires car drivers to have "adequate hypo awareness". </p><p></p><p>If you're a car driver impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia is "an inability to detect the onset of hypoglycaemia because of total absence of warning signs".</p><p></p><p>What is "adequate hypo awareness" isn't defined but I would think you've got a reasonable argument that not always being aware of hypos <strong>when you're asleep</strong> doesn't impact on the adequacy of your hypo awareness for driving.</p><p></p><p>If you're a bus or lorry driver you've got to have full hypo awareness.</p><p></p><p>It does seem like it's worth discussing with your consultant [USER=235117]@London36_[/USER] hopefully it's just a mistake because if she doesn't think you should be driving she really should have told you that so you could have a chat about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1433675, member: 32394"] Has the change to the rules allowing nocturnal hypos and waking hypos to be treated differently actually come in yet? There are supposed to be legislative amandmends by January 2018 but I'm not sure if it's been done or awaited Really I think that's only about severe hypos requiring 3rd party assistance, for the no more than 1 severe hypo in the last 12 months rule. The issue here looks to be hypo awareness. DVLA requires car drivers to have "adequate hypo awareness". If you're a car driver impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia is "an inability to detect the onset of hypoglycaemia because of total absence of warning signs". What is "adequate hypo awareness" isn't defined but I would think you've got a reasonable argument that not always being aware of hypos [B]when you're asleep[/B] doesn't impact on the adequacy of your hypo awareness for driving. If you're a bus or lorry driver you've got to have full hypo awareness. It does seem like it's worth discussing with your consultant [USER=235117]@London36_[/USER] hopefully it's just a mistake because if she doesn't think you should be driving she really should have told you that so you could have a chat about it. [/QUOTE]
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