Mark
March 26th 10, 06:58 PM
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:28:43 -0700, Zapanaz wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:13:26 +0100, Mxsmanic >
> wrote:
>
>>Jared writes:
>>
>>> That sounds reasonable, but people with various kinds of mental
>>> illness are not automatically disqualified from driving cars, even if
>>> they've been involuntarily hospitalized.
>>
>>The medical standards for driving a car are extremely lenient, since so many
>>people need to drive cars, and since experience has shown that incapacitation
>>due to medical conditions is rare, even with low medical standards (something
>>that aviation has not yet acknowledged).
>>
>>The most common cause of incapacitation in automobile drivers is alcohol
>>intoxication, and yet, oddly enough, being a user of alcohol does not
>>disqualify one from driving a car (in fact, it doesn't even disqualify a
>>person from being a pilot).
>>
>>It's odd how double standards develop. If you had one seizure when you were
>>five years old, you may not be able to get a pilot's license, but if you drink
>>alcohol until you lose consciousness three times a week, that's okay.
>
> Only you can, at least theoretically, schedule when you are going to
> drink, but not when you are going to have a seizure. And you are in
> fact disqualified from driving when you are drunk.
>
> Making what you are saying fairly asinine.
I never said I had seizures and I have my alcoholism under control. I
haven't has a manic fit in a couple of months...except when I get
violently angry on Usenet :)
--
Mark inventor/artist/pilot/guitarist/scientist/philosopher/
scratch golfer/cat wrangler and observer of the mundane.
And much much more including wealthy beyond anything you can imagine.
My website http://www.hosanna1.com/ www.myspace.com/gayincarolina
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:13:26 +0100, Mxsmanic >
> wrote:
>
>>Jared writes:
>>
>>> That sounds reasonable, but people with various kinds of mental
>>> illness are not automatically disqualified from driving cars, even if
>>> they've been involuntarily hospitalized.
>>
>>The medical standards for driving a car are extremely lenient, since so many
>>people need to drive cars, and since experience has shown that incapacitation
>>due to medical conditions is rare, even with low medical standards (something
>>that aviation has not yet acknowledged).
>>
>>The most common cause of incapacitation in automobile drivers is alcohol
>>intoxication, and yet, oddly enough, being a user of alcohol does not
>>disqualify one from driving a car (in fact, it doesn't even disqualify a
>>person from being a pilot).
>>
>>It's odd how double standards develop. If you had one seizure when you were
>>five years old, you may not be able to get a pilot's license, but if you drink
>>alcohol until you lose consciousness three times a week, that's okay.
>
> Only you can, at least theoretically, schedule when you are going to
> drink, but not when you are going to have a seizure. And you are in
> fact disqualified from driving when you are drunk.
>
> Making what you are saying fairly asinine.
I never said I had seizures and I have my alcoholism under control. I
haven't has a manic fit in a couple of months...except when I get
violently angry on Usenet :)
--
Mark inventor/artist/pilot/guitarist/scientist/philosopher/
scratch golfer/cat wrangler and observer of the mundane.
And much much more including wealthy beyond anything you can imagine.
My website http://www.hosanna1.com/ www.myspace.com/gayincarolina