More than 25,000 diabetics have lost their driving licences in the last six years because they have been deemed unfit to get behind the wheel, it was revealed today.
Under the regulation, insulin-dependent diabetics who have suffered a recent hypoglycemic attack will be banned from driving.
Paul Nuttall MEP, UKIP's deputy leader, said he had now discovered through a Freedom of Information request that 25,247 diabetics had lost their licences since 2006. He also questioned whether the Government was doing all it could to resist new EU regulations.
"Nobody outside that shadowy EU committee has ever discussed, debated or voted on this directive. It appeared fully formed and was dropped into the European Parliament's library without fanfare. Nobody knew and nobody saw. It then became EU law, and became British law by default."
http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/2525-diabetics-lose-licences-thanks-to-eu
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1 comment:
This little bit of regulation has been around for a while, It was also one of the main reasons that i took the decision to tackle my diabetes another way rather than go onto insulin.
Whilst im against it per se the inescapeable fact is that having a Hypo at the wheel of a minibus can have tragic consequences as did actually happen.
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