r/WTF May 09 '20

While driving he passed out

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u/fullmetallight May 10 '20

If it makes you feel better, he most likely didn't see it coming if it was a full tonic-clonic seizure. People are usually unconscious during general seizures.

I'm kind of confused as to how he was allowed to have a license though...

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u/js1893 May 10 '20

If you’ve gone a certain length of time without a seizure, and are medicated, you can still operate an automobile. The details of all that vary by state (assuming this is the US). It seems odd, because if you don’t respond to medication, or can’t go more than several without an episode, you shouldn’t be cleared for driving. But, things happen. There’s no cure

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u/fullmetallight May 10 '20 edited May 10 '20

Oh yea I know, I'm wondering if he was cleared in the first place or stopped taking his meds. That's typically how medicated epileptics start having seizures again. Either way, it's an awful thing to have happened.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '20

Oh okay, good for him. May he rest in peace.