Don't try this just to save 50 cents!

[85Sooner]

Ouch




http://www.break.com/index/toll-booth-crash-and-explosion.html

[yermom]

expect a call ;)

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic/story/7480093p-7374992c.html

[85Sooner]

didn't know he died. Sad addition to the Darwin awards.

[pb4ou]

How about those idjots who kept going through the toll booth after the crash?

Man oh man :rolleyes:

[soonerboomer93]

dude, it was new jersey

they just thought it was just some trash burning...

[Jerk]

Natural selection.

I don't think that will buff out.

[Jerk]

I think you can see the body being ejected. No seatbelt. Shame shame shame.

Smokey Bear sure got there quick.

[BigRedJed]

Fellas, the guy was having a seizure.

[hurricane'bone]

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[soonerboomer93]

Fellas, the guy was having a seizure.

from what I'd read he had one earlier in the day, and they think it was possible he was having one at the time. I had a boss who had them, and wouldn't drive on days he'd already had one. But imho it's extremely dangerous for people with a history of them to be driving.



Oh, smokey got there real fast because they were checking truck exhaust nearby

[Jerk]

Fellas, the guy was having a seizure.

Well, that sucks

[jk the sooner fan]

that almost looks like the raritan toll plaza on the GSP......


edit - not nearly enough toll booths for that toll plaza...........

[soonerboomer93]

http://www.nowpublic.com/high_speed_crash_into_gsp_toll_plaza_explosion_in_ nj

[Frozen Sooner]

from what I'd read he had one earlier in the day, and they think it was possible he was having one at the time. I had a boss who had them, and wouldn't drive on days he'd already had one. But imho it's extremely dangerous for people with a history of them to be driving.



Oh, smokey got there real fast because they were checking truck exhaust nearby

I thought it was sort of illegal to drive within 6 months of a grand mal. I know a lady at work had her license suspended when she had one. Wasn't driving at the time or anything, but the risk of one happening while driving is just too great.

[soonerboomer93]

it might depend on the states

and well, it's not like they get reported to the state when they have one

besides, they're only assuming it was a seizure, I don't think anything definitive has been stated yet

[mxATVracer10]

The crash closed at least three toll lanes, and parkway operators waived tolls for about an hour at the remaining toll lanes to keep traffic moving quickly through the scene.

I bet ODOT wouldn't do this :mad:

[OUDoc]

I thought it was sort of illegal to drive within 6 months of a grand mal. I know a lady at work had her license suspended when she had one. Wasn't driving at the time or anything, but the risk of one happening while driving is just too great.
It is illegal.

[Frozen Sooner]

That's what I thought. Does the treating physician submit a report to DMV or something? How does HIPPA work on this?

DAMN IT! I HAVE QUESTIONS!! ;)

[OUDoc]

That's what I thought. Does the treating physician submit a report to DMV or something? How does HIPPA work on this?

DAMN IT! I HAVE QUESTIONS!! ;)
No, no report is necessary (unless this has recently changed.)

Driver's License

Oklahoma requires individuals to be episode-free for six (6) months to qualify for a license [§ 595:10-5-9(b)(1)(A). An "episode" means any incident or segment of time involving altered consciousness and/or loss of body control [595:10-5-9]. A person may be exempted from the six (6) month episode-free period requirement if the episode was due to a doctor-directed medication change or was an isolated occurrence. In either case, an individual must be seizure-free 3 months and the person must submit proof that episode control has been established with reasonable certainty [595:10-5-9(b)(1)(B)]. The Department may restrict a person's license based on the recommendations of the physician conducting the medical exam or the Medical Advisory Committee [595:10-5-9(b)(1)(C)]. An individual is required to inform the DMV of any seizures which occur between license renewals.
Identification Card

Anyone can obtain an identification card by application through a driver license examiner. If an individual is under the age of 16, the application must be signed by parent or legal guardian. There is a $7.00 fee [Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 47 §6-105(e)].
Reporting

There is no statutory provision requiring physicians to report who have been treated for or diagnosed as having epilepsy to a central state agency patients.

[Frozen Sooner]

Gotcha. So it's kind of up to the patient to report to DMV?

[OUDoc]

Gotcha. So it's kind of up to the patient to report to DMV?
I'm sure that works really well too. :rolleyes:

[Suerreal]

Laws on driving license restrictions and reporting requirements for both individuals and physicians vary from state to state. In most states, physicians are supposed to tell patients not to drive and it is the responsibility of the individual to notify their DMV.

Some states do require physicians to notify DMV, however. Here's a link. It's rather old (1994), but demonstrates how much variability there is in individual state laws.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n4_v50/ai_15752785

[OUDoc]

Here's one I found.

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/living/wellness/transportation/drivinglaws.cfm

[sooner_born_1960]

From Sue's link

Although people with epilepsy are twice as likely to have a motor vehicle accident as the general population, the predominant cause of accidents in persons with epilepsy is driver error, not seizures. Accidents specifically related to a seizure account for less than 1 percent of an traffic accidents and for only 11 percent of all accidents involving epileptic patients.
What, then, make people with epilepsy such sorry drivers?

[OUDoc]

They took the link down. Kinda wanted to see it on my higher-res home monitor.:O

[soonerboomer93]

http://www.nbc40.net/pages/videoplayer/video.php?vid=1939

[soonerboomer93]

ah, that one had a reverse view also.

and apparently it's 1 year between them in NJ, and physicians are supposed to report them

[royalfan5]

From Sue's link

What, then, make people with epilepsy such sorry drivers?
Are the majority of epileptic's women?

[mdklatt]

There must be an epilepsy epidemic (epilidemic?) in the Alief area of Houston....