Commentary: driving and psychiatric illness.

The article by Snyder and Bloom (Snyder K, Bloom JD: Physician reporting of impaired drivers. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 32:76–9, 2004 (See C 33665 fo)) highlights the importance of physicians’ actively participating in the legislative process when medicolegal issues are involved. The specific forensic questions addressed by the authors focus on physician reporting of potentially impaired drivers — a problem that has been precipitated by the complexities involved in determining fitness to drive in the elderly. (Author/publisher)