Health issues and driving

ACCORDING to the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) in Spain, getting behind the wheel of a car if you have certain physical and psychological conditions can put both the driver and other road users at risk.

The DGT stated that “Driving is an activity that requires our full attention and whether on a motorway or on the streets of a city, the rules of the road govern how we should act in different situations to avoid accidents, problems on the road or difficulties for other road users.”

Some of these rules are commonly known and yet they continue to be broken and prosecuted, such as using a mobile phone while driving, not respecting the maximum speed limit, not resting on long journeys, and running a stop sign.

But as reported, added to this are the practices that many drivers carry out without knowing that they are prohibited by the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), and could have serious consequences both for the driver and for others.

This includes driving a vehicle if you have certain illnesses.

DGT states that “Far from being discrimination, these rules are set because it is considered that a person’s physical or mental condition prevents safe driving.”

Drivers in some cases can in fact even completely lose their licence, due to their illness.