[Acquired medical condition and driving ability]
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Driving Simulation in the Clinic: Testing Visual Exploratory Behavior in Daily Life Activities in Patients with Visual Field Defects
Published on: September 18, 2012
1Academisch Ziekenhuis, Laboratorium Toxicologie, Groningen.
Abstract:
Under Dutch law a driver's licence requires a written statement of physical and mental health from the applicant. However, after the licence has been issued, no further statements are required, not even when the person involved develops a medical condition that poses a threat to safe driving. If an accident occurs and it is established that the driver suffered from an intercurrently acquired condition, the insurance companies will not pay. Physicians have a moral obligation to advise patients in their care whom this may affect to report to the physician of the licence administration.
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