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November 30, 2006
NARCOLEPTIC MAN DENIED LICENSE AFTER KILLING TWO
According to the Associated Press that a man who blacked out while driving, resulting in the death of two people, may not have a driver’s license. The decision upholds an earlier action by state officials. The man, a narcoleptic, lost his license in September 2001 after he fell asleep at the wheel and struck and killed a couple leaving a cafe. Subsequently he was granted, then denied a temporary license, and continued to drive without a license. Five months later, he blacked out again while driving to work. Arguing that he should be given a license, he pointed to “his doctors’ medical statements that they believe he should be allowed to drive without restriction,” although “the same doctors agree there is no guarantee that a future loss of consciousness will not occur.”
Posted by MVHAP at November 30, 2006 06:23 PM