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Originally Posted by Shawny  So there I was, at 10:00AM coming around a bend and I noticed this guy driving rather close to the centerline so I just moved off to the side a bit and kept an eye on him. Then I noticed that the dumb *** inside was busy with his car radio and coming onto my side of the road! First reaction was to swerve out and I don't know what happened but he must of realized something was wrong and then he moved back onto his side. Before I drove my BGL was 9mmol/l, when I got home and tested it was 7.4mmol/l, but then again, I did have a correctional dose at 8:30AM. The thing is, you keep seeing all these safety ads about how a diabetic is an increased risk on the road, and today I just thought and came to the conclusion that it is complete bull, in my opinion diabetic drivers are amongst the safest, since we are constantly making sure we don't crash otherwise it is more than just the crash, it is sugar problems afterwards, and most likely you will have severe problems because of sugars and not the crash itself.
I think they should really reconsider who puts other people at risk on the roads, as it certainly is not a diabetic driver! Even when I am acting as a pilot behind the controls of an aircraft, I make less stupid mistakes than otherwise "normal" pilots. Who puts others more at risk, the diabetic who makes sure his/her sugars are completely stable before doing something, and then making sure not to do something stupid which would throw sugars off course, or the bad drivers/pilots who do the dumbest of things and put others at risk?
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I understand you are just ranting, but just because you are a responsible driver who also happens to have diabetes, doesn't mean everyone who has diabetes is a responsible driver; certainly, we all have our stories.
But yeah, the amount of distractions we are purposely welcoming into our driving lives is utterly ridiculous now; People want DVDs, super stereos, fishtanks, live TV in their car...I often find myself asking "Remember when driving was about DRIVING?"
