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ArticleJournal of diabetes science and technology2026

Diabetes and Driving: How Predictive Technologies Will Alter Ethical and Legal Responsibilities.

Sinead Prince, Jamie Walvisch, Matthew L Baum, Tasmia Hai, Danièle Pacaud, Julian Savulescu, Fergus Cameron

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Article in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Sinead PrinceCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-7370-9526
Jamie WalvischUWA Law School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6472-468X
Matthew L BaumDepartment of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Tasmia HaiChildren's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5204-6586
Danièle PacaudDepartment of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
Julian SavulescuCentre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Fergus CameronThe Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1566-7436

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2023, a 67-year-old man with long-standing type 1 diabetes experienced a severe hypoglycemic episode and drove into an outdoor dining area in Victoria, Australia, killing 5 people and injuring several others. Although the charges against the driver were dismissed, future cases involving new continuous glucose monitors enhanced with artificial intelligence that allow users to anticipate impairment before it occurs may have different outcomes. These biopredictive technologies transform hypoglycemia from a background risk into a more foreseeable event. This generates new conditional obligations to act on predictive warnings and, in some cases, obligations on those with higher risks to acquire such technologies. Furthermore, these individual responsibilities can generate corresponding state obligations to subsidize access and update licensing frameworks, ensuring safety without exacerbating inequity or stigma.

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biopredictiondrivingethicshypoglycemialawresponsibility

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PMID42702015
PMCPMC13547553

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