Up to one million people with diabetes could lose their driving licences because of harsh new European rules classifying them as unfit to drive, Daily Mail said. Experts claim the ‘unnecessarily strict’ changes will affect hundreds of thousands who have been driving for decades without problems.

They say the rules amount to a blanket ban on diabetics taking insulin who occasionally have ‘hypos’ – episodes of hypoglycaemia, or low blood sugar, which may cause blackouts if not countered with a sugary snack.

Under a new definition of the rules to meet an EU directive, a diabetic who has two hypos in a year – even while in bed – will end up banned from driving. The charity Diabetes UK has protested to the Department for Transport about the changes, due to take effect in October.

It has told officials that up to a million people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who use insulin could be ‘negatively affected’ by the changes, but says there is no evidence that drivers with diabetes pose a greater risk than others.

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Het gaat dus om Engelse regelgeving, die in Nederland niet van toepassing is. Hoewel een EU-richtlijn, kan Nederland de richtlijn anders uitwerken dan Engeland. Echt duidelijk is het niet om welke EU-richtlijn het gaat, ook niet uit het oorspronkelijke artikel: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... iktat.html.

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Mja, The Daily fail... Staat in de UK slechter bekend als de Televaag hier.