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Article: Drugged at the wheel JEREMY TAYLOR reports on a new campaign to stop hay fever sufferers taking antihistamine tablets before they drive
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2000
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WHEN Nick Hines found himself struggling to stay awake at the
wheel, all that the following drivers saw was a series of swerves.
They probably assumed the 24-year-old from Putney was drunk. In fact,
the hay fever sufferer had unwittingly entered a drug-induced haze
behind the wheel, a result of taking antihistamine tablets he had
bought over the chemists' counter.
Nick realised he was in trouble and he battled against drowsiness
but eventually lost control of the car due to the powerful effects of
the hay fever tablets.
Nick survived the ordeal and is today one of a number of sufferers
helping to launch a major awareness campaign run by the British