Pros And Cons Of Driving Licensed Vehicles

Imagine one of your family members were told that they could not drive because they had some sort of mental illness. How would that make you feel? You would be quite angry right? Way to often people are labeled as incapable of driving or even incapable of doing other things because they have been told that just because they have a mental illness they pose a threat to other people. When truly, in some cases, the person is only one who could make that decision if they are capable of doing something. Citizens with a mental illness should be able to drive licensed vehicles because it gives them a sense of freedom while drunk driving is essentially more dangerous; mental illness is not actually proven to cause accidents, and people without a mental illness also show driving deficiencies; plus, people with a known drug issue still have the right to operate vehicles.

Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions, and disorders that affect your mood thinking and behavior. There are a variety of mental illnesses that exist. Some examples would be depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive …show more content…
This simply could have been caused by a person without any sort of psychiatric issue. Hook says in her article that there are a lot of people on the road with no sort of psychiatric disorder yet they are terrible drivers. This shows that there are people out there who could be harmful to people on the roads without a mental disorder yet they still drive. If anything worse than those with a mental illness. They tend to not care and not pay attention to their surroundings and do not stay alert at all times. Yet citizens with a mental illness that are driving make sure they are paying extra attention because one wrong move and they could be considered a danger to other people on the road and their license could be taken from