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Must be seizure-free for 6 months, unless waived by physician. No 6 months West Virginia: Must be seizure-free for 6 months. Some drivers may be granted a restricted license in less than a year that places restrictions on the time, day, or distance one may drive. No 1 year, with exceptions Wisconsin: Must be seizure-free for 3 months.
Many laws prohibit or restrict people with epilepsy from performing certain duties, most notably driving or operating dangerous machinery, thereby lowering the pool of jobs available to people with epilepsy. People with epilepsy are also prohibited from joining the armed forces, though they may work in certain civilian military positions.
Driving and travel restrictions are one of the greatest limitations that epileptic patients experience. Laws restricting driving privileges vary greatly in the United States as well as across the world. In the United States, 28 states require a patient to be seizure free for fixed periods of time ranging from 3–12 months. [20]
A 12-year-old boy helped save his mother when he flagged down a police officer after his mother experienced a seizure while driving and fell into a body of water. Newly released police bodycam ...
A couple whose son died in a car crash in 1986 are calling for tighter restrictions for new drivers.
The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...
(The Center Square) – Several new laws go into effect Jan. 1 that affect Illinois drivers. Among the nearly 300 new laws going into effect are updates to drivers’ education, including ...
The Supreme Court has held that drivers and passengers may be ordered to exit the vehicle without violating the Fourth Amendment's proscription of unreasonable searches and seizures. Drivers and passengers may be frisked for weapons upon reasonable suspicion they are armed and dangerous.