GETTING YOUR LEARNER'S PERMIT
One of the exciting things about heading towards your late teenage years is being able to learn to drive. For most young people this involves sitting the test to get your learner's permit and then coercing your parents into 120 long hours of driving practice. However, when you have diabetes, there is an extra step that you need to go through to get those L plates.

The main thing is that you need to get your doctor to sign a form to say that you meet the medical standards for licensing.

For detailed information about how diabetes affects your driving ability, the criteria for driving fitness and how to go about getting your learners permit when you have diabetes, you can visit the VicRoads website.

A couple of facts about driving with diabetes:

• Extremely high or low blood sugars can impair your reaction times and motor skills.
• If you don't check your blood sugars before you drive there is the possibility of a hypo (including loss of consciousness) which is extremely dangerous for you and others on the road.