Chronic Medical Conditions and Traffic Safety

Abstract

CALIFORNIA is one of 17 states1 that regulate the driving privileges of people with specific chronic medical conditions. The basis of such a regulation is the assumption that the existence of certain conditions represents a handicap to safe driving and therefore a danger to the driving public. This assumption has never been adequately tested with the use of basic epidemiologic technics. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to review the medical and driving records of people with chronic medical conditions‡ reported to the California Department of Motor Vehicles in comparison with the driving records of people not known to have . . .