The WTF News Files

[mariomike]

Just read on FB that a friend who was Released recently, after serving in CJIRU for over a decade, has been refused his ON Dvr Lic because he has "an OSI/PTSD on file in Ontario".  He was even given a hard time when talking with a belligerent Services Ontario rep on the phone.  (Note:  This is his side of the story.)

I wonder if this is an isolated incident, or a regular occurrence?

What Class of licence is your friend applying for?

Medical Condition Report
This form is not for use for commercial drivers or for those drivers wishing to upgrade their driver’s licence.
http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/FormDetail?OpenForm&ACT=RDR&TAB=PROFILE&ENV=WWE&NO=023-SR-LC-097


In case s/he has not read this already,

Physicians' Duty to Report Patients
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/medical-review/physicians.shtml

Medical Review Process
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/medical-review/medical-review-brochure.pdf

Medical Review Section
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/medical-review/

Modified.

 

[NavyShooter]

Impact for personnel who report PTSD issues....not just the potential stigma in your military career (we know there's not supposed to be any) but now also drivers' license refusal? 

Yikes.

 

[George Wallace]

What Class of licence is your friend applying for?

Medical Condition Report
This form is not for use for commercial drivers or for those drivers wishing to upgrade their driver’s licence.
http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/FormDetail?OpenForm&ACT=RDR&TAB=PROFILE&ENV=WWE&NO=023-SR-LC-097


In case s/he has not read this already,

Physicians' Duty to Report Patients
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/medical-review/physicians.shtml

We had to do our Driver's Licence medicals •every 5 years, under age 46 •every 3 years, age 46-64.

Class G.  He was thinking of a AZ, but did not go for it. 

I passed on that link to him and he will look into it.  At least he may find out why or what is stopping him from keeping his G Lic.

 

[mariomike]

Class G.  He was thinking of a AZ, but did not go for it. 

For employment, I was required to maintain a CZ. They downgraded me to a D after I retired.

We had to do our Driver's Licence medicals •every 5 years, under age 46 •every 3 years, age 46-64,

"Performance in a high-stress setting is part of the workplace. The position may also include operating a motor vehicle (ambulance, rapid response care, etc.) that responds to life-threatening emergencies.
Do you have any concerns regarding the applicant's abilities, judgement, or mental competence, particularly in view of the potential workplace?"

Perhaps people tend to be more open with their feelings these days*, but I always answered "fine" to my family MD when she asked, "How's everything at work." when I went for my CZ medical renewals. Suspensions and Downgrades were a real possibility. Didn't mean you would be out of a job, but you would be removed from Operations.

* Googled PTSD and got 25 million hits!

Q10: How does the ministry prioritize medical reports?

A10: Medical reports are prioritized according to the risk to road safety as either high risk or low risk.

High risk conditions are conditions that are chronic, deteriorating, unstable or progressive such as
•Advanced dementia or Alzheimer's disease
•Uncontrolled seizures or diabetes
•Substance abuse, psychiatric disorders with symptoms of suicidal thoughts, extreme agitation, impulsive or violent behaviour etc.
•Uncontrolled sleep apnea refusing treatment
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/medical-review/faq.shtml

A PTSD claim can also cost you your licence to practice,

Some Alberta paramedics are having a difficult time renewing their registration, commonly known as licences, after disclosing they sought professional help for work-related mental health issues such as anxiety, acute stress or post-traumatic stress disorder.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/regulator-s-ptsd-suspension-is-unlawful-says-human-rights-lawyer-1.3044054

No shame these days in asking the Dept. for a little help if you feel the need, but watch what you say!

 

[Staff Weenie]

Is it not also possible that the individual in question is on certain prescription medications that impair their ability to drive? That may be a significant factor that wasn't mentioned.

 

[medicineman]

Only way I can see this happening is that someone put in a notice to the licensing bureau of a potential driving hazard that needed reviewing.  I send them in from the ER with boring regularity these days, and did in family practice as well - if a person has a potential physical, mental or pharmaco/toxicological impairment and has or is having had issues, it's a requirement to notify the licensing bodies' medical divisions and for them to make a judgement.  This can be based on formal medical screening with one of their medical examiners or a screening with the family doc...a formal fitness to drive test can also be arranged, which is a medical followed by a formal driving test.  Usual issues I commonly deal with are people using/abusing prescription drugs, alcohol and mental impairments such as dementia.  Last 3 I did were for drug impairments with either prescription drugs decreasing attention and reaction times and one was self prescribing weed and refused to stop smoking up...but got caught behind the wheel impaired with highly positive urine and bad mental status exam.  The letter we use is a form letter that states further medical follow up and investigation s required and we can tick off a licensing review required with/without an immediate suspension if the police haven't done so already.  And incidentally, before you ask, yes I do have the balls to tell the person first that I'm doing it.

MM

 

[ModlrMike]

Ditto.

 

[mariomike]

August 31, 2016,

"Place your bets! The NYPD's “West Indian Day aka Brooklyn Knife and Gun Fest, Death Pool”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/mayor-promises-extensive-security-year-ouvert-event-article-1.2773025
( Betting includes fatal and non-fatal shootings, stabbings, bludgeoning, vehicular, roof toss and a$$ stomping. )

OP: "Officer Joe Bolton" *

Compared to 2015, twice as many officers will police this weekend's J'Ouvert as an estimated 250,000** people show up to revel in the streets.
Amongst them will be counter-terrorism units and K-9 dog patrols; above them will be 42 newly-installed surveillance cameras and 200 light towers, up from 40 last year.

Hopefully, there will be no violence this year!

* The real Officer Joe Bolton ( deceased ) pictured.

** Toronto Caribana:
"It is a Caribbean Carnival event, that has been billed as North America's largest street festival, frequented by over 1.3 million visitors each year for the festival's final parade and an overall attendance of 2 million."

 

[cupper]

More scary clowns running around South Carolina. And no it isn't Donald Trump, these are real clowns.

Reports of Creepy Clowns in Woods Spooking Residents of South Carolina City
A purported picture of one of the clowns — which NBC News hasn't been able to verify — was posted Tuesday to Twitter

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Creepy-Clown-Reports-Woods-Spook-Greenville-391951481.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand

Multiple reports that menacing clowns are lurking in the woods — sometimes, allegedly, offering kids cash to follow them — have the residents of Greenville, S.C., looking over their shoulders and even brandishing guns, NBC News reported.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office said it has boosted patrols around the Fleetwood Manor apartment complex after it learned that men opened fire into woods behind the complex last week. Residents told a deputy that the men were spooked by what an incident report described as "recent clown activity."

A purported picture of one of the clowns — which NBC News hasn't been able to verify — was posted Tuesday to Twitter.
(copy of photo below)

According to the incident report, multiple residents, some of them children, said they saw the clowns — carrying flashing green laser lights — creeping around on the night of Aug. 21. Some of the kids said the clowns showed them "large amounts of money."

 

[mariomike]

Having worked our Caribana celebration over the years, I was curious about Officer Joe's ( Reply #507 ) picks,
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/people-shot-ouvert-parade-brooklyn-article-1.2778145

“In some ways the cruelest situation is when you can predict the violence, and you can predict the deaths, and you still can’t do anything about it.”
NY Gov. Cuomo
5 Sept., 2016.

Hopefully, there will be no violence at next year's celebration...

Meanwhile,  Chicago just racked up homicide #500.

 

[jollyjacktar]

What an idiot...  ;D

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3777090/Lance-Stewart-cuts-fingers-trying-slice-oranges-midair-swords.html

 

[ModlrMike]

This is why I will likely never be unemployed. As I've said more than once at work... "It's not the meek that shall inherit the earth, it's the stupid!"

 

[mariomike]

What an idiot...  ;D

aka "Our bread and butter." 

 

[cupper]

"It's not the meek that shall inherit the earth, it's the stupid!"

Assuming they live long enough to see that day.  ;D

 

[ModlrMike]

Assuming they live long enough to see that day.  ;D

Therein lies the challenge. They're proving to be damn near indestructible.

 

[cavalryman]

Therein lies the challenge. They're proving to be damn near indestructible.

Pretty much this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

And confirming the old pearl of wisdom:

"Nothing is fool proof, because fools are too ingenious".

 

[mariomike]

Never forget...Walmart's touching tribute to the 15th anniversary of 9/11. < sarcasm.
http://www.attn.com/stories/11224/florida-walmart-receives-criticism-for-9-11-soda-display

 

[ModlrMike]

Clever, but in very poor taste.

 

[Good2Golf]

Never forget...Walmart's touching tribute to the 15th anniversary of 9/11. < sarcasm.
http://www.attn.com/stories/11224/florida-walmart-receives-criticism-for-9-11-soda-display

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, as the display is close to a replication of the corporately-provided banner.

It's not like they had gummy-bears falling from the towers....