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What are the risks of having syncope while driving?
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Driving Miss Syncope: Syncope is fainting syncope is passing out syncope is losing consciousness syncope while driving is extremely bad and life threatening to everyone on the road not just the person passing out. Think "car going into oncoming traffic" or "car going into a playground" while the driver has losses consciousness.
Answered 4/21/2018
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