2005-03-11 RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Driving Whilst Plastered
Each month we select for your special attention a research report
that seems especially worth a close read. This month's pick:
"Driving Whilst Plastered: Is It Safe, Is It Legal? A Survey of
Advice to Patients Given by Orthopaedic Surgeons, Insurance
Companies and the Police," O.A. Von Arx, et al., Injury, vol. 35,
no. 9, September 2004, pp. 883-7. (Thanks to Leslie Lawrence for
bringing this to our attention.) The authors, who are at Great
Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, UK, explain that:
Many patients, immobilised in a plaster cast after
a fracture of the upper or lower limb, wish to drive.
They frequently ask permission to do so from the treating
surgeon. ... [We canvassed] 126 consultant orthopaedic
surgeons, 27 insurance companies and the 6 regional
police constabularies ... asking how they would advise
these patients regarding safety to drive.
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