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Japan in the past had some of the world's strictest laws pertaining to epilepsy and driving, requiring all patients to be seizure-free for up to five years before being issued a license. [7] [16] This changed in 2002, and Japan now allows those who have been seizure-free for 2 years to drive. [9] Patients must be officially "cured".
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.
For those whose seizures are successfully controlled, many of the medications have side effects that cause drowsiness, also impacting driving. As a result, many countries and states place restrictions on driving such as a necessity to be seizure-free for a period of time before being allowed to drive.
The most common subdivision of epilepsy is symptomatic partial epilepsy, which causes simple partial seizures, and can be further divided into temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy. Although the exact number of cases of frontal lobe epilepsy is not currently known, it is known that FLE is the less common type of partial epilepsy, accounting for 20 ...
More recently, a 2010 study found that deaf adults see better than hearing people, suggesting that their increased peripheral vision serves as a protective factor when driving.
Anita Rowland lobbied the Queensland government for more stringent guidelines regarding medical conditions and driving. In 2008, new legislation was passed and 'Jet's Law' was created: whereby if a driver has a medical condition which may affect their ability to drive safely, they must declare it to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, as well as to their relevant health ...
Residents in Durham, North Carolina, face significant challenges in securing employment and housing due to criminal records or a suspended license.
(The Center Square) — New York is being sued over firearm restrictions that ban out-of-state concealed carry holders from getting a permit to bring their firearms into the state. The lawsuit ...