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HereSince1628

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8. Apparently the legislators in PA were worried about suicide by car accident...
Sat Mar 23, 2013, 05:14 PM
Mar 2013

That made me think that some of these disqualifications may be put forward by insurance companies.

The most common forms of suicide are by gun, pills/poisons, and hanging. Again a quick google search suggested that suicide by car is down in the low single digits of methods of suicide.

There's really much room for non-judicial decision making a 'panel' of consultants hired by the DMV rules on reports/(functionally allegation of disqualification) that don't have clear boundaries and consequently depend to a large degree on opinings which could be very arbitrary.

And a clinician isn't always on good terms with a psych patient. Failed/unsuccessful treatment leads to hard feelings all around and a person could be in a position where they have to depend upon a favorable commentary from a clinician they left under hostile interactions. Seems likely to generate inequitable treatment under the law.

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