title: Pitfalls of tightening driving regulations for diabetic patients.
abstract: The regulations of driver's license for diabetic patients have been tightened in Japan and EU countries recently for public safety. However, recent literatures showed this tightened regulation may fail to achieve its purpose. So I would like to make some raise a alarm against this trend in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization, Nagoya, Japan. eitaro@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Eitaro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012449:Safety