Road Safety - Jet's Law - A can of worms

legislation introduced earlier this year that requires patients to report immediately to Queensland Transport medical conditions that could affect their ability to drive, rather than at licence renewal, has opened a can of worms.

Lets see someone that cannot go a week or two without alcohol is surely an alcoholic in my book and alcoholism is definately a disease that not only could but does effect their ability to drive! So every drinker that drinks say more than 20 times in a year, in this state needs to report their alcoholism or they are in breach of the legislation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remove these drinkers licenses I say as they definately have a disease as has been shown alcoholism is a disease and it is a well know fact that alcohol and driving have a dramatic impact on our road tolls every year.

What really gets me is why aren't booze buses out in the mornings when all these heavy drinkers are driving the next morning after a heavy night????

Wow if all these alcohol drinkers obeyed the law and reported their condition as the Legislation requires the roads would be much safer becuase in Australia and Queensland in particular it would remove the majority of drivers from our roads.

Now you've made this law please enforce it so I can have empty roads to drive on!

Regards
Daniel

FAMILY members of an infant killed in a car accident two years ago are pushing to have the boy's name linked to legislation cracking down on patients who should not be driving for health reasons.
Jet's law – as it is likely to be known – would follow on from state legislation introduced earlier this year that requires patients to report immediately to Queensland Transport medical conditions that could affect their ability to drive, rather than at licence renewal.

It is expected the legislation would further strengthen medical reporting conditions and possibly require doctors to report affected patients.