Woman?s scare shows diabetes? dangers

[Northerner]

Mary Quisenberry remembers leaving her brother?s house in Akron. She remembers getting behind the wheel of her Pontiac Sunfire and merging onto Interstate 76 eastbound.

But that?s where her memory of last Sunday night?s drive home to Austintown ends.

Quisenberry was spotted parked in between lanes of Interstate 680 southbound about 12:30 a.m. Monday. A tow-truck driver saw her and called 911 for help, but Quisenberry began driving again.

The tow truck followed Quisenberry as she traveled at very low speeds and weaved across the lanes before stopping on the U.S. Route 224 exit.

Police thought Quisenberry, 46, was drunk, but they were wrong.

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/20/womans-scare-shows-diabetes-dangers/

This is interesting I think, because it appears she was allowed to drive home - would that happen here? I don't drive but having read the recent rule changes about hypos, would she have had her license taken away immediately, since she needed assistance?

 

[Copepod]

Just looked up - Akron & Austintown are in Ohio, USA, so whatever the rules in that state will apply. The towns are approx 25 miles apart, so less than 1 hour's drive.

Just shows how important it is to test blood sugar before driving (and during a long drive), take action at the easliest possible opportunity eg pull off road to a safe place to stop and eat / drink to raise blood sugar.