Incorrigible Patients Patients will complain that they MUST drive. As inconvenient as it might be, driving is a privilege, not a right. They may go on to say that although they have seizures, they have never had an accident, implying they will remain safe drivers. I tell them it only takes one seizure to change that record, and no patients of mine has ever come back to clinic to tell me I was right after they had a fatal accident. Patients lie on their applications which ask if they have seizures or medical disorders.
Patients drive without licenses.
Patients drive when drunk and with uncontrolled seizures. Insurance Patients driving illegally have financial risk, as their insurance carrier no longer need pay claims, even if they are unrelated to seizures. Photo ID Patients may obtain a photo ID to replace their driver's license in all states. The number of States requiring this is deceasing. Pro - like communicable disease, physician is obliged to the common good.