Car accident claims and epileptic seizures
Epileptic seizures are the most common medically attributed cause of car crashes on the UK's roads, something which clearly indicates the importance of ensuring people prone to seizures do not get behind the wheel while they are at risk. Although the most important reason for this is to ensure the personal safety of both seizure sufferers and other road users, it should also be noted that a person who drives at a time when they are in danger of experiencing seizure may actually invalidate his or her right to receive compensation from a car accident claim.
However important being able to drive may be to a person's life requirements, the Driving and Vehicle License Authority (DVLA) take a safety-first approach to the issue, disqualifying any drivers who suffer epileptic phenomena, such as absences, partial, myoclonic or tonic-clonic seizures from driving until they have been through a period of least 12 months phenomena-free.
Responsibility for notifying the DVLA lies directly with the driver; however, in cases where drivers fail to do this, their doctors will be considered obligated to notify the DVLA on their behalf.
The only exceptions to this rule apply to people who suffer only sleep seizures (classified as those who have had only sleeping seizures and no waking seizures for a period of twelve months), and those who have experienced certain kinds of provoked seizures (such as eclamptic seizures, immediate post head injury-attributable seizures and post 24 hour stroke-related seizures).
Although losing entitlement to a driving license can be very difficult and cause major inconvenience to a person's life, it should not be viewed as a permanent predicament. Once an individual has been through a period of 12 months seizure-free, he or she can be considered to have their epilepsy under control and may contact the DVLA to inform them of his or her new status.
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