Comments on: Are you fit to drive? What does the DVLA say? http://kidsneedmums.co.uk/2007/09/10/are-you-fit-to-drive-what-does-the-dvla-say/ A Bipolar Mum Fights for her Children in a High Court Custody Battle Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:15:14 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: West Los Angeles Chiropractor http://kidsneedmums.co.uk/2007/09/10/are-you-fit-to-drive-what-does-the-dvla-say/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 West Los Angeles Chiropractor Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:20:57 +0000 http://kidsneedmums.co.uk/2007/09/10/are-you-fit-to-drive-what-does-the-dvla-say/#comment-1205 Great stuff. Nice to read some well written posts that have some relevancy ! Great stuff. Nice to read some well written posts that have some relevancy !

]]> By: Michael Cain http://kidsneedmums.co.uk/2007/09/10/are-you-fit-to-drive-what-does-the-dvla-say/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Michael Cain Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:30:13 +0000 http://kidsneedmums.co.uk/2007/09/10/are-you-fit-to-drive-what-does-the-dvla-say/#comment-126 Hi, I know a person who because they have memory problems the Doctor say's he is not fit to drive. This is rubbish! Just because a person suffers memory problems does not mean they can't drive. I am regularly in the car with this person and recently he drove around a blind corner where a lorry was half way across the road and he did the most perfect emergency stop. He indicates at the right time and stops correctly at every junction. He is curteous to other road users. These Doctors make me sick. If they take away his licence to drive, they will take away his only form of independence. This will make his condition worse The medical proffession cares more about covering their own backs than that of a patients well being. Just because a patient can't add a few numbers or remember certain details does not mean they can't drive! Yes this person is elderly! The care homes of this country are full of people looking out of windows to die, just because of doctors like these. The Doctors are so full of worry over being liable than they are about all the people in carehomes that are let down by this system. It is high time for a change in outlook from the medical profession. Instead of diagnosing a person suffering from memory problems, then taking their driving licence from them and pumping them full of drugs and dumping them in carehomes to rot away til death. They should be getting of their backsides and giving these patients incentives to get well. The UK and the USA are the only countries that give up on the elderly and put them in homes. Their should be regular brain excercises, such as Puzzles, maths and writing etc. Some physical excercises or psychiatric help or anything else to help these people, not this throw in the towel attitude that you get from the medical profession. Their reason for taking driving licences from the elderly is simple "The doctors cover their own backs because they are scared they are liable" If a patient fails memory tests they just give up on them. I cannot believe for one minute that a persons memory cannot be restored, no matter who they are. The person i refer to is my father who i love and who i want to get better and i hate this giving up on people society in favour of beaurocratic liability rules and regulations which puts our so called free world in chains. Regards, Michael Hi,

I know a person who because they have memory problems the Doctor say’s he is not fit to drive.

This is rubbish!

Just because a person suffers memory problems does not mean they can’t drive.

I am regularly in the car with this person and recently he drove around a blind corner where a lorry was half way across the road and he did the most perfect emergency stop.

He indicates at the right time and stops correctly at every junction.
He is curteous to other road users.

These Doctors make me sick.

If they take away his licence to drive, they will take away his only form of independence.
This will make his condition worse

The medical proffession cares more about covering their own backs than that of a patients well being.

Just because a patient can’t add a few numbers or remember certain details does not mean they can’t drive!

Yes this person is elderly!

The care homes of this country are full of people looking out of windows to die, just because of doctors like these.

The Doctors are so full of worry over being liable than they are about all the people in carehomes that are let down by this system.

It is high time for a change in outlook from the medical profession.

Instead of diagnosing a person suffering from memory problems, then taking their driving licence from them and pumping them full of drugs and dumping them in carehomes to rot away til death.

They should be getting of their backsides and giving these patients incentives to get well.

The UK and the USA are the only countries that give up on the elderly and put them in homes.

Their should be regular brain excercises, such as Puzzles, maths and writing etc. Some physical excercises or psychiatric help or anything else to help these people, not this throw in the towel attitude that you get from the medical profession.

Their reason for taking driving licences from the elderly is simple “The doctors cover their own backs because they are scared they are liable” If a patient fails memory tests they just give up on them.

I cannot believe for one minute that a persons memory cannot be restored, no matter who they are.

The person i refer to is my father who i love and who i want to get better and i hate this giving up on people society in favour of beaurocratic liability rules and regulations which puts our so called free world in chains.

Regards,

Michael

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