VicRoads has the ability to yank or suspend someone’s licence if they’re medically unfit to drive safely. There’s a whole process about it.
We thought we’d have to go through this with my stepfather, who has Parkinson’s and dementia, but after a minor prang on my property (he went through a fence, nobody hurt) he quietly gave up trying to drive, fortunately.
My mum crashed her car trying to drive out the driveway (she was in her early 70’s). VicRoads yanked her license right then and never even considered giving it back. She was not a happy camper about it. We had been trying to convince her not to drive.
Basically the same thing happened with my grandfather, except he totalled the car driving down Bell St (or one of those inner northern streets around Thornbury). How nobody was hurt or killed I still don’t know.
But when the licence was taken it was a hell of a relief.
If you have a seizure this triggers a 6 month licence suspension. If you don’t have a seizure over this time your generally good to go with medical approval. Obviously if you have another one, you are probably in need of more medical intervention as the risk has increased.
The first seizure increases the risk of more seizures, this risk reduces over time. Obviously having a seizure behind the wheel could be catastrophic.
There’s a whole smorgasbord of acute medical episodes that trigger an automatic license suspension for a range of time frames (and on top of that a lot of surgeons will state people can’t drive for X amount of time post op / not an official suspension par se but if you have an accident in that time period even if not actually at fault you’re f*cked).
Iirc medical practitioners (aka Doctors) are also obliged under law to report people to VicRoads.
The driver who mowed down the people in Daylesford should probably of had a medical suspension.
What evidence is there of that?
He may have had a first time medical episode.
Wasn’t medical and wasn’t first time.
Listen to Wimm on this matter people. It’s not the first time we’ve been told…
Nah.
Presuming the reports that he blatantly ignored his incoming hypo are accurate he’s just a ■■■■■■■■.
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Also - The court was told Mr Swale had a conditional driver’s licence because of his diabetes and had been given a two-year extension in June after an endocrinologist reported his condition was “well managed”.
doneski
Cooked.
Maybe a fresh start at Adelaide would have done him good…
But would imagine they (Crows) are pretty happy with the way it panned out in the end.
Damaged goods sadly.
Lucky we chose Parish instead of him.
Needs help. Hope he gets it!!
Hopefully the bloke is ok. He’s only 26, he’s still got his whole life ahead of him.
But it would be a damn shame, an absolute damn shame, for spectators if he was lost to footy. Players of his quality are rare.
Day 242 of your Clayton Oliver Scandal update
Dodoro breathing a sigh of relief that we chose Parish instead.
On his way to the next ben cousins
Agree… terrific footballer… one of my fav non ess players. Really hope he can get through this.
