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state laws and driving

Wed, 01/05/2005 - 08:24
I  had a grandmal seizure in New Hampshire.  My license is in Massachusetts.  I received a notice in the mail that NH wants me to attend a meeting to revoke my driving priveledges for a year.  Can they take away amy Massachusetts license?  My seizures are controls and this was the first time in four years.  ANy advice is appreciated. 

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RE: RE: RE: RE: state laws and driving

Submitted by fenway on Tue, 2004-09-28 - 08:52
Good point.  I found out that the most NH can do is suspend my right to drive in NH.  Then in a year, I can get my right to drive back. My seizures happen at night..... never during the day.  It has happened three time in 15 years, all at night.  It is just a pain because I have to take a full day off to prove I am not a danger. 

RE: state laws and driving

Submitted by BillM on Tue, 2004-09-28 - 15:39

> I found out that the most NH can do is suspend my right to drive in NH.

Please check one other possibility...

State motor vehicle departments can (and do) report some things to each other.  I don't know if this would fall under that category...

Massachusetts has its own rules, of course.  When I lived there... which, sadly, was a decade ago... Massachusetts had a 6-month seizure-free requirement.  (I don't recall... and it may have changed anyway... whether doctors in Massachusetts are required to report to the DMV.)

I went through two of those 6-month periods while I lived there.  Best wishes!

 

 

> I found out that the most NH can do is suspend my right to drive in NH.

Please check one other possibility...

State motor vehicle departments can (and do) report some things to each other.  I don't know if this would fall under that category...

Massachusetts has its own rules, of course.  When I lived there... which, sadly, was a decade ago... Massachusetts had a 6-month seizure-free requirement.  (I don't recall... and it may have changed anyway... whether doctors in Massachusetts are required to report to the DMV.)

I went through two of those 6-month periods while I lived there.  Best wishes!

 

 

RE: RE: state laws and driving

Submitted by fenway on Wed, 2004-09-29 - 04:44

I can not drive in Massachusetts and NH may very well report to MA now in the age of computers.  I do not know how to check to see if NH reports seizures to MA.  My doctor does not report to the DMV.

I can not drive in Massachusetts and NH may very well report to MA now in the age of computers.  I do not know how to check to see if NH reports seizures to MA.  My doctor does not report to the DMV.

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