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Is this as good as it gets?
Wed, 03/04/2015 - 10:27I have been in chat for just 3 weeks and I continuously see people coming in saying " I can drive again in x months ". I am not here to preach but this is my experience. I was seizure free for 2 years and did give driving a try. Returning from shopping I blacked out while driving ( taggged the fender of the car in front of me/ drove across at last 30 yards of grass/ off an embankment, landed in a parking lot and then somehow got the damaged van home/ ) Every inch of this took place and I had no clue anything had happened. The charges against me: Hit & Run & Dangerous Driving. ............ This was my warning ( Do not try this again ) and I have never driven a vehicle since that date in 1994. I would like to have a choice in life but I just live with the fact that driving is NOT an option. Ask yourself " just how valuable is another persons life?" My answer is priceless and I will not allow my needs to ever put me in that position again. Eventually some of us have realized that driving is too dangerous especially while our memory and capabilities are impaired. It is not easy but all I can say is " Lets give other people a fair chance to live ".
Well said Epi. The responses
Submitted by nightfighter@nc.rr.com on Sat, 2015-03-14 - 22:52
Well said Epi. The responses to the original post have been very interesting. I do know how frustrating it can be because this is the life I am living now. I have taken it as more of a challenge and I know it can be accomplished. Responses have ranged from supportive to 100% inane. The original post is 100% honest and people need to do some thinking b4 driving. I just want people to consider the possibilities of what can happen to them.