Can anyone advise me about going hypo at the wheel....as i had an accident while going hypo and bumped into another car...no injuries thankfully.DVLA took my licence away and have asked me to send in letters from GP and consultant and covering letter.The letters from medical team state my diabetes is in good control and consultant letter particularly says im aware of hypos and normally very diligent with checking my sugars before driving..in other words the consultant is very much in support of me driving.Can anyone advise me the likelyhood of me getting my licence back after this or would i have to get legal advise of sorts?
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Sorry Roger but can't offer any more advice than what was offered in your previous post:
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I thanks for that.I have already checked DVLA website over and over.They say if anyone has 2 or more hypos in a year whether driving are not where help is needed from another person then DVLA should be informed.When i had the accident as a result of the hypo it was the only hypo ive had like this in years and years.So with my circumstances I have no idea what they will do at all or what the future holds.So with my case they have not adhered to what the website says as i mentioned about 2 hypos in a year.I had only one which admitidly did result in a car accident but if the truth be told i shouldnt have had my licence revoked as was only one hypo in the year and my GP and consultant and myself can vouch for that..so this is why im trying to find out if anyone has had a similar experience as me.hanadr said:
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If you have a hypo while driving, then no consideration is given to how long ago your previous hypo was!
It doesn't matter if you caused an accident, whether injuries to you or a 3rd party, whether any vehicle or property again yours or a 3rd party has or hasn't been damaged... You just need one of the emergency services to attend, normally it's either the ambulance service or police... But if the fire brigade are called then like the paramedic they will inform/call out the police due to dealing with a diabetic who's had/having a hypo... And the police will automatically revoke your driving licence and tell you to surrender your driving licence to the DVLA until you've proven your fitness to drive!
You will have to go through an appeal procedure, on your side is that you haven't needed 3rd party intervention before, so you'll just dealing with one hypo as such, but because it happened while you were behind the wheel, you will have to prove that not only is your control within the requirements to hold a driving licence, but you also manage your diabetes with due care and attention for driving...
Which is basically, that you have sufficiently before your journey even started, that you tested before starting your journey and at the point the incident occurred you hadn't been driving for a period of time that might put your control in question, such as that since your last meal/injection it's now 3 or so hours so it's likely that your blood glucose is dropping etc... This information will be based on your blood glucose meter
It doesn't matter if you caused an accident, whether injuries to you or a 3rd party, whether any vehicle or property again yours or a 3rd party has or hasn't been damaged... You just need one of the emergency services to attend, normally it's either the ambulance service or police... But if the fire brigade are called then like the paramedic they will inform/call out the police due to dealing with a diabetic who's had/having a hypo... And the police will automatically revoke your driving licence and tell you to surrender your driving licence to the DVLA until you've proven your fitness to drive!
You will have to go through an appeal procedure, on your side is that you haven't needed 3rd party intervention before, so you'll just dealing with one hypo as such, but because it happened while you were behind the wheel, you will have to prove that not only is your control within the requirements to hold a driving licence, but you also manage your diabetes with due care and attention for driving...
Which is basically, that you have sufficiently before your journey even started, that you tested before starting your journey and at the point the incident occurred you hadn't been driving for a period of time that might put your control in question, such as that since your last meal/injection it's now 3 or so hours so it's likely that your blood glucose is dropping etc... This information will be based on your blood glucose meter
