Approximately one out
of every 20 people in the course
of his or her life suffers an
epileptic attack, during which the nerve cells get out
of their usual rhythm and fire in a very rapid frequency.
... except for «all idiots, imbeciles, feeble - minded persons,
epileptics, insane persons; persons who have had one or more
attacks of insanity at any time previously; persons
of constitutional psychopathic inferiority; persons with chronic alcoholism; paupers; professional beggars; vagrants; persons afflicted with tuberculosis in any form or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease; persons not comprehended within any
of the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective, such physical defect being
of a nature which may affect the ability
of such alien to earn a living; persons who have been convicted
of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; polygamists, or persons who practice polygamy or believe in or advocate the practice
of polygamy; anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence
of the Government
of the United States.»
With this regard, a driver who knows that they have a pre-existing illness like diabetes and fails to take their medication or take steps to maintain safe sugar levels has a higher responsibility for a crash than one who suffers from a sudden
epileptic attack without any prior knowledge
of the disease.