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The driving license is an official document that states that a person may operate a motorized vehicle on a public roadway. A driver’s ability to control a motor vehicle can be impaired by physical and mental conditions. Any driver with any medical condition has, as a weighted average, a 33 % higher risk of being involved in an MVA than a driver without any medical condition. The unfitness to drive by medical conditions significantly contribute to the fatal and nonfatal MVAs and economic losses to the victims, their families, and nations as a whole. Updating the drivers’ license based on the recommended minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for private and commercial drivers is essential to prevent MVAs due to unfitness to drive by medical conditions.

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  1. Pneumology Unit, Del Ceppo Hospital, Viale Matteotti, 9/D Pistoia, 5110, Pistoia, Italy

    Antonio Sanna

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Centre of Sleep Medicine, University of Genoa, Largo Paolo Daneo, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    Sergio Garbarino

  3. State Police Health Service Department, Ministry of the Interior, Rome, Italy

    Sergio Garbarino

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    Sergio Garbarino

  2. Department of Neurosciences, Centre of Sleep Medicine, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

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  3. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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Sanna, A., Garbarino, S. (2014). Driving License. In: Garbarino, S., Nobili, L., Costa, G. (eds) Sleepiness and Human Impact Assessment. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5388-5_28

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