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Crap, not IL. They are the toughest by a long shot. I never felt good about the MN laws until I looked at those in IL. I know that I will never take a job in Chicago because I do not want to deal with the licensing laws. Best of luck to you, dude.
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I live in Wisconsin and my medical team is in Minnesota
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Our computer system was a nightmare. The legislature referred to it as, “the goat rodeo.” It was 30 years old (that’s a red flag). I am 40 years old and my license has probably been suspended (due to diabetes paperwork) 25 times. Occasionally I was notified of the suspension, but more often they notified me by pulling me over and threatening to throw me in jail. It took 5 years to get them to change the law, which they did. Now, there are only a handful of states that require special licensing for diabetes. IL is the most complicated and all encompassing.
The law gets enforced, in a practical way, through technology. If you feel comfortable with your DMV software, that’s great. But, if you google “DMV software problems,” you may feel less comfortable because it’s not uncommon for States to have terrible problems updating those old computer systems. Here’s an article from one of the most respected technical journals in the world on our system: The Costly Fiasco of Minnesota’s Licensing and Registration System - IEEE Spectrum
Did you read the post from the individual on Tu who got their license revoked for having pancreatitis and taking an ambulance to the ER for it? It’s a post from this week. There’s how people imagine the system works, there’s how systems are intended to work, and then there is how it actually works in practical reality. Those things can differ greatly and have real world consequences for individuals.
Meet the lawmaker who claimed that MN diabetics were unfit to drive cars and held up the Senate for months on this topic. Upstanding citizen that he was, we all needed to have a chat about where police authority ends. More details on MN Rep. Matt Grossell's arrest
The medics get tired of police overstepping.
Everybody gets to influence the laws and systems that they feel work best in their state. As they say in Chicago, pstud, “Vote early, Vote often.” (Wink) Let me dedicate this one to my favorite member of the MN Senate…https://youtu.be/pdEvL6jxUYA
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Actually, I complained about our DMV system on this forum so much that the ADA wrote me up a bill and offered their support to pass the legislation. That whole DMV issue isn’t a ‘diabetic’ problem anymore in MN. I owe a lot to the experiences offered up here in writing by many, many people. The internet is quite powerful, when used by well intentioned people for honest reasons. That really changed my life and paved a way for me to support myself. It opened doors for me to really explore all that is possible.
But, we should probably discuss it elsewhere since the primary post is about seizures and evaluating risks associated with diabetes and licensing re: Lauri. Seizures are scary and represent a somewhat unique, special case in the context of emergency medicine and diabetes and drivers licensing. She’s doing important work raising her concerns.
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