Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Strobe Rant

Short little post here, not as deep philosophically as my past posts, just a little rant.

I don't like strobes. I don't have epilepsy, per se, but strobes do cause me to have facial twitches and cause my right arm to clinch and lock--my strongest of friends can't pull my arm down. I do have a type of seizure that is not epilepsy, at least when last EEG'd a few years ago. I don't lose consciousness, or lose full control of my body--I've learned to protect myself and others from harm when I have my episodes--and I know when one is going to happen, usually, and what causes them--stress of almost any sort. And I can communicate during. All this adds up to me being ok-ish to drive.

But, my big question, is why do emergency vehicles have strobes that can cause people to have seizures? They cause, what many would deem, a medical emergency. For me, there's not much that EMTs can do that random person on the street couldn't do, but for many people that is not the case.
I wish I knew who to talk to to get strobes on emergency vehicles removed. Someday, I'll find out.
That's my thoughts for the moment.

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