Lawyer for driver in Daylesford crash says man is insulin-dependent diabetic who needed immediate treatment
Lawyer for driver in Daylesford crash says man is insulin-dependent diabetic who needed immediate treatment
Police have interviewed the driver at the centre of a tragic crash that killed five people in the regional Victorian town of Daylesford, but no charges have been laid.
Man that’s an unfortunate situation, but at what point does a diabetic that can go into shock should not be behind a wheel? Epileptics already get barred from driving after an episode, maybe we need to broaden these types restrictions.
With modern glucose monitoring it's graphed and generally very predictable.
Quick glance at the phone before driving to know that the sugars are doing and correct if needed.
Unfortunately it's not subsidised for all insulin dependent diabetics, just type 1s.
The sensors I use are around 100 each and last two weeks.
I expect it'll depend on the probabilities involved. Any driver could run over something on the road that blows a front tire and send the car into a scene like this. Super low odds but could happen to anyone. If the odds are similarly low for diabetes sufferers, that could answer your question.
(I'm just some guy on the Internet, I don't know any of this for sure)
if you have a medical condition and you drive, you're taking other peoples lives in your hands. I have been cleared to drive for a long time, but it would not be right as I know I'm never 100% in control behind the wheel. anything less is accepting responsibility for the outcome.
This is terrible for all involved. Even if the driver did everything right and couldn't have foreseen this, he will still always be the guy who ploughed into a bunch of families and kids.
Now can we agree that the driver bears some responsibility?
Oof, it does remind me to update my medications on my license :(
Man, that's tragic. Feel bad for all involved. I wonder if there was any way this was preventable, or just an extremely unlucky situation?
I wonder if there was any way this was preventable, or just an extremely unlucky situation?
Luck favours the prepared.
Yes - it was unlucky, but it was also preventable... for starters, it seems pretty silly to have an outdoor beer garden adjacent to a roundabout where five streets all meet and two of them have cars travelling directly towards the beer garden (and two of the other five are close enough to the same direction that, if they lost control, they could also hit the beer garden).
It's easy to see that risk in hindsight, but it's also possible to foresee it, if you do a proper risk assessment, and put mitigations in place (bollards, for example).
I'm kind of wondering if the beer garden had any permits.
Vicroads is one of the biggest objector to planning permits in this state. One example is Moon Dog World Footscray, which wasn't allowed to start building their brewery until measures to address the risk of a crash into the beer garden were addressed.
I would guess an insulin pump could have prevented this. I would also guess that Texas makes them unaffordable.
Texas? This happened in Australia. Also that wasn't a cheap car, I'm guessing it was affordable.
Don't really need a pump though - just needed to monitor his glucose level.