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Yes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 170 | 46.32% |
No | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 124 | 33.79% |
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Me personally I don't think it's fair since there are people out there under the influence of whatever is in their bodies. Most of us are required to carry insurance. My wife has tried the driving, but her and I are not comfortable with her reaction time. So we decided not to push it. She had her last partial in 2007, but the last EEG from last year still shows seizure activity. |
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Driving I have never been able to drive thank the Lord. Because I and several of other people would be dead by now. I was really down in the dumps for a long time. But now I think of it as a blessing . I have a store down the street that I can go to , if I need food. A rite Aid or wall greens a block away. Busses I can take if I need to pick up scrips. And somebody in my family will always help me. Besides, it keeps the air cleaner for our children.Love you All. Teresa ![]() |
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considering in Rhode Island the law is 18 months, no, I don't think this is fair. |
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Here nobody "took" my license (I keep it as a form of I.D.) I doubt if anyone would know if I drove or not but I know in my own mind that doing so would just be a disaster waiting to happen. Therefore I don't. |
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I can understand why laws are written to protect people. But when you live a city that ranks low on walkability and hardly any public transportation, its can be down right frustrating. My job is less than 5 miles from my house and I never exceed 35 mph. |
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It's a year seizure free over here and then you have to have written permission from your neurologist too. I think that's fair and with something like a car even a 10 mph speed out of control can easily kill pedestrians as well as the driver. You have to surrender your licence here also and if you need ID use something else, like a passport or actual ID card. |
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Actually, the US Supreme Court has ruled that all US Citizens have the right to use the public highways. It has also been argued in a few states that state drivers licenses are unnecessary for ordinary citizens who are not using public roads for profitable uses. http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/DLbrief.shtml So please don't be so quick to state that "driving is a privilege", my tax dollars paid for those roads (which I don't even get to use). |
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I always thought a little comments sense Evey individual different plus we know what we got and having treatment so properly safer. Since I found out some register blind can still drive not sure want go on long trip with them then if you controlled I see no problem |
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I'd wager there are quite a few more people out there without e that need to stay off the road than there are people with e that actually do |
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Even with completely controlled E, complete inexperience at driving can be a factor. One has to learn how to drive, how to watch out for others on the road, take the right route and look for any unknown factors. I use GPS a lot. I also ride a bike a lot. The question is interesting because our society encourages exercise, yet the sides of some roads are nonexistent for a bike, pavements are missing, and we sometimes have to go to places like everybody else. Looks like taxis, Uber, public transportation and friends are the best way to go somewhere. The good side: one never goes alone in a car. I rarely drive because I find there are too many rude people on the road. Walking across a roadway is like taking one's life. People who recklessly drive need to be taken off the roads. Maybe we need to bring back horses. They are friendly to our gardens, eat our grass and can be therapeutic. I'd probably ride a buggy pulled by one rather than ride one. They are coming out with self driving cars. Hopefully they will be free of computer malware and be able to detect the environment for a safe ride.
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