> Why are you assuming the person with the problem is driving? Because it's what the average "medical emergency" involving "driving as though impaired" is. >

> Why are you assuming the person with the problem is driving? Because it's what the average "medical emergency" involving "driving as though impaired" is. > That’s not what anyone is talking about. The point was that someone driving a passenger to the hospital would be in a justifiable rush. No, the point was "medical emergency", and "driving as though impaired". > It’s not a movie trope, rushing sick people to the hospital is a real thing that happens. It absolutely is a movie trope, having to endanger everyone because you need to drive like a maniac due to a medical emergency is a rounding error occurrence in the real world. > It’s not a problem with the medical system. Of course it is, the fact that you entertain is as a genuine possibility very much speaks to a lack of pregnancy care and access to emergency services and medical care. > You’re taking the most bad-faith interpretations of what people are suggesting, but you’re really just setting up straw man arguments and missing the point. Medical emergencies at the wheel are anything but a strawman, it's a daily occurrence in the US. Even more so in the context of "driving as though they are impaired". If we're talking strawman, that is absolutely what "rushing to the hospital with a pregnant wife who otherwise won't make it" is, it's a nonsense movie scenario entirely made up to pull on heartstrings.