Hypo-drive is a national educational awareness program aimed at diabetic drivers. Alerting them to the dangers of driving while suffering from a hypoglycaemic or hyperglycaemic episode. Even though this program is aimed at diabetic drivers, it is also useful for anyone who suffers from any medical condition, along with their family and friends.

Recently I had a meeting with the Qld Main Roads and Transport Management Committee, to which I put the following questions to them. I ask all road users the same..

Does the driver examiner have a DUTY OF CARE to ALL learner drivers, to make sure the learner driver is FULLY aware of ALL the dangers of driving?

Does the Transport and Main Roads Dept have a DUTY OF CARE to ensure the examiner is working in a safe working environment?

Who is responsible under OH&S is someone is injured or killed while a learner driver with diabetes has a HYPO, while learning to drive or during an examination? Considering that our learner drivers have to do 100hrs with either trained instructors/parents or friends.

Do the instructors/examiners know what to do? How to treat a HYPO?

Do the instructors and examiners carry a HYPOKIT in thier vehicle?

Driver examiners need to be made aware of these dangers, how to treat a person having a HYPO and they need to make sure the learner driver has a HYPOKIT with them at all times.

Examiners and instructors need to make sure the learner driver has checked his/her BGL is "Above 5 to Drive" prior to starting the car.

Driving instructors NEED to make sure the learner driver is FULLY aware of driveing with a medical condition e.g. diabetes

The learner driver must prepare themselves for the extra challanges that they will face, while driving with diabetes.

The management committee's response to these requests, was that there is not enough time to do all that is needed.....They did agree that we do need the education, but like other Government Dept's they passed the problem onto another area.

So I ask WHO is responsible?