Work And Driving Advice For A Newbie

no_more_spikes said:

I get this but how is it enforced, under what circumstances?

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As a type 1 diabetic on insulin you will have a restriction on your driving licence which says you test before driving and every 2 hours while driving, if less than 5 eat carbs, if less than 4 don't drive.

I believe that if you are pulled over and this restriction appears on a check of your licence you will be expected to prove you have complied with a finger stick test which will have a time and date recorded in your monitor. A libre scan isn't sufficient for DVLA.

@no_more_spikes here is some more info for you.

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Living_with_diabetes/Driving/

no_more_spikes said:

Interesting, thanks.

Still going to use the libre though, in between the 2 hour legally required blood samples to make sure I'm not on the way down.

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We have the Libre for my daughter (she's eight so obviously doesn't have a driving license); we use it in conjunction with her finger pricker when she is doing strenuous activities or we want to have a picture of her blood sugar.

I can see the attraction of it.

Personally, I have a regimen which is for every 15 minutes driving, I have one mini jelly baby. As long as I am above 5.0 when I start driving, I am going to be fine with this, although I do try to run my sugars slightly higher before a long drive so I start around 7.0.

John