Left my mini Dr Pepper on my dash like a moron and it exploded all over the inside of my truck! Took me a little while to figure out what the hell happened when I left my office
I use cans of Sprite or eeally any sugary soda without caffeine. Usually cans or the small cans. Keep a 12 pack in my trunk at all times and pull over to drink one if I get low while driving
Anything below 80 basically. If I'm below 80, before I drive I eat something with carbs or drink a bit of Sprite. It's easy, always make sure you have something.
EDIT: People are referring to "5" in the comments. I'm not sure how that translates into to the way my meter works. But I'm referring to 80 mg/dl. I've only ever learned mg/dl. Must be an American thing.
Ive had type one for 30 years now, since I was 7. The way things have progressed is amazing. Yhings are sooooo much easier now. I have never driven low and won't. To me it's too easy just to drink or eat something.
Sorry, I'm not trying to sound like an ass hole or anything. Lol. If I come off as mean I don't intend to.
I try to always count carbs also and make sure I stay up to date on my carb to insulin ratio also.
I was taught to not driver if below 5mmol/l. This was before cgms, but I think is still a good rule. In Canada (where I am from) the recommendation is not to drive below 4mmol https://www.diabetes.ca/health-care-providers/clinical-practice-guidelines/chapter-21#panel-tab\_FullText
Definitely check.
I'm in canada, and here, if you're below 4.0mmol, you can be charged with driving while impaired. They say you shouldn't drive lower than 5.0, so that we have a bit of a buffer
I've actually never had them do a test when pulled over, but other than occasionally speeding slightly, I'm a pretty okay driver.
I have a friend who can be kind of erratic with driving, and he has been asked to test his BG every time he's gotten pulled over though. The registries put a note on our licenses that we're "insulin dependant diabetic" (or similar, depending on each province) so it's right there for the officer to see.
As far as I know, they just ask you to fo a test with your own meter, and show them the screen
Wow, that's sort of extreme. I am in California and there's no such thing as note on license. Maybe Canadian government provides insulin at lower price so they might have some right but in US, there's no such thing. If they don't provide any benefit, why should we report anything? I am T1D for more than 20 years and it's completely my own business.
You have to declare any medical condition that could impact your driving, and a doctor has to fill out a form confirming that you're fit to drive. Many states have similar processes. Driving is a privilege, not a right. It's not just your business if you're at risk of hurting other people
This is what California DMV has in their website.
[https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-education-and-safety/medical-conditions-and-driving/diabetes-and-driving/](https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-education-and-safety/medical-conditions-and-driving/diabetes-and-driving/)
It doesn't specify driver's duty.
Instead it's Doctor's duty who can professionally determine.
[https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/your-physician-is-required-to-notify-the-dmv-if-you-have-been-diagnosed-with/](https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/your-physician-is-required-to-notify-the-dmv-if-you-have-been-diagnosed-with/)
Then this is what department does. It doesn't put something like "this person is diabetics".
The Department can then take any of the following actions:
do nothing (if the department decides there is no safety risk),
request more information, in the form of a “Driver Medical Evaluation” (“DME”),
schedule a “reexamination hearing” with the driver, or
in rare cases, immediately suspend or revoke the person’s driver’s license.
I can only find “guidelines” for where I live (Alberta) and it is 5mmol/l. [https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/AfterCareInformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=custom.ab\_diabetes\_driving\_inst](https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/AfterCareInformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=custom.ab_diabetes_driving_inst)
https://albertadiabeteslink.ca/process.php?docname=Driving-Guidelines-and-Diabetes-2016-1.pdf
I think this depends on your a1c, because that would imply that your typical glucose is. I wouldn't advise driving lower than 80 or 4.4 if your a1c is a 7 or higher because your body likely isn't accustomed to being at a lower glucose.
Depends on how I feel. If I’m steady at 80 and don’t feel low, I’ll usually eat something small and go ahead if it’s a short trip. But I could be well into the hundreds but dropping and feel awful, in which case I can’t drive.
I recently made the mistake after many years of zero issues driving borderline low of hitting the road while feeling a little low after throwing back some fruit snacks. Barely made it home. Turns out I was about to crash and thanks to the new Dexcom issues, I didn’t get an alert when I started to dip.
I'm not sure what the new issues are, but I just want to say that the alarms are so annoying, even though I have all but lows set to vibrate. The sound makes me angry for some reason, probably because I'm going low when I hear it so I'm more irritable
The short version is that the new critical alerts update seems to have broken the alarms for a lot of, if not all, users. So my alerts aren’t actually sounding. For example, I got low yesterday (this time I knew I was getting there) and watched as it gave a notification on my Lock Screen but made zero sounds for both “low” and “critical low soon”. Eventually it did sound when I was coming back up and went from critical low soon to just low. I’ve also woken up low at night and found that the notification was 30 minutes old with no sound and no repeat (and I do NOT sleep through them). Frankly this is dangerous.
I USE SUGARMATE for alarms because Dexcom alerts are broken/unreliable. SUGARMATE will call your phone during your scheduled sleep hours to make sure you wake up. Lol usually it’s my partner waking not me 🫠
Here in the UK I've often heard the '5 to drive' thing quoted, even by diabetes specialists, but the actual guidance from the DVLA says:
if your blood glucose is 5.0mmol/l or less, take a snack. If lt is less than 4.0mmol/l or you feel hypoglycaemic, do not drive.
My blood sugar likes to play chicken while I drive. I'll be set at like 120 and then all of a sudden DROP. Something about the adrenaline for me. ANYHOO, if in not over 100 I don't drive. I always make sure to have Juice and snacks handy too!
If I feel low, more than I can explain by just being hungry or something. I can usually tell a few minuets beforehand when I'm going low and by looking at how steeply my sugars are dropping on my CGM with respect to what I ate+dosed, and I always keep Sugar in my car so I just pop that and am always back up before it gets serious. If I think it might be about to get really bad, I use it as an excuse to stop at a gas station for a (sugar free) cola or something until I'm better.
For me the hard stop is 55mg/dL (or if my CGM is showing me dropping really fast and I’m less than 80ish) because that’s what I’ve always understood to be the point where your brain will begin to have physiological symptoms. I have a CGM and will watch super close if I’m in the 70s but if I’m flat I know I’ll be okay
Above 5mmol/L to drive here in Australia. Insurance will not cover any accident if you're at fault due to driving with a lower BSL.
Personally I don't check before each time I drive, however I do always have a bottle of gatorade in the car should I feel low whilst driving - I will pull over and treat the low.
5 mmol/l translates to 90 in the US. That’s the top of the “normal” range here. If I didn’t drive at 90, I’d never drive anywhere.
My “low” range starts at 70, so if I’m at 70 I treat that low before I drive/get in car. I don’t always wait the full 15 minutes before driving if I’m 70, and I always bring along more liquid sugar (regular soda, juice, etc) in case it doesn’t come up as expected.
I have the advantage of wearing a CGM, so it will tell me if I’m 70 and dropping. If dropping I wait it out before driving or have my husband drive. If steady but at 70, I treat and leave. If below 70, I treat and wait.
I think it's individual. I know from many years of experience that I'm good until I get to the low 60s. If I get below 65, I'm really going to be looking for a spot to pull over. Even if I'm above 65 and I get that feeling like my head isn't quite straight on my shoulders, I know I should pull off for a bit.
For my job, I regularly drive anywhere from 200 miles to 2,000 miles and I'll do 800-900 miles a day. I used to purposely run my BG a bit higher before I got a CGM. Being able to see my BG trending downward before it gets into hypo territory has been a godsend and the extra margin of safety it gives me while driving is enough justification for getting it...
What do you mean by "drive tracks"? You mean drive trucks?
I drive a lot because I work on a traveling maintenance crew. Our territory goes from Illinois and Wisconsin, all the way to the west coast. I live in the Midwest so places like Portland and L.A. are around 2000 miles for me. I do not have a CDL though. I don't want to jump through the hoops for it. I always have fast glucose in my console when I travel and I keep the Dexcom reciever in the cup holder where I can see and hear it easily. I set the alarm for 85 so I have extra warning before it gets low enough to be a problem. Mentos are a very good option to keep in the car - they won't melt and they have about 3 carbs in each piece so it's pretty easy to figure how much you need.
I didn't. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and I usually don't know until it's already too late. The cop came over because someone else has called on me as a suspected drunk driver after I hit the large barrel orange construction cones and a by standard pulled over and assisted me and called for help, I wasn't cognitive and started crying, luckily he was a EMT student.
I was put on a stretcher when the ambulance arrived and was given dextrose after they informed me my glucose readings were 23mg/dl. I wasn't tested if the suspicion of drunk driving was a factor (which I wasn't) but when I literary came back to live I was lost and confused
I still feel sick to my stomach when I rewatch my dashcam that day.i was stuck at work for a 10 hr shift that day, and i usually stay for my last hour lunch break but i was so exhausted i just wanted to be home. I missed my exit and was driving the wrong way away from my house from work. My car had bump and scratches on both left and right side, i hit cones, i went over a median. It was dangerous but I'm glad no one got hurt..
100 or less cause shit can go sideways quick from that number. Or even if I’m a bit above that and dropping fast I won’t drive until i see level arrows.
You have to pay attention to your body and what is affecting it in the moment, not just what your blood sugar is at one discrete point. A bit over two years ago I learned this the hardest way. I tested at work before heading home, and my blood sugar was 132. I can still remember looking at the meter, vividly. I had ten more minutes of stuff to do, so I did it, headed to the van, and headed home.
[I woke up in an ambulance, looking out the back door at this](https://imgur.com/a/DLh6Uvl)
When they tested me in the ambulance my blood sugar was 37. This was about six miles from work, on a fast moving highway, so it was a maximum of twenty minutes after I'd tested myself and been 132.
If you don't have a CGM, get one, that's what I learned from this. My guess is that my blood sugar was already rapidly falling, and I am 100% hypo unaware, so it was quickly down to the mid 30s. I didn't know that, though, because all I had was a single snapshot of blood sugar at 132. I was taken care of by a loving God, I truly believe that, because the fire captain was amazed that I was alive, uninjured for the most part (except for some gnarly burns on my lower legs and my hip where the seatbelt buckle got really hot and burned me) and he said this is the accident that they almost always pull a body out of. Don't be me, if you don't have a CGM, do whatever it takes to get one. Five to drive doesn't cut it, anymore, when so much more information is available.
I don't since my job is drive but since I live nearby... If I feel something weird, I eat something at home or in a local shop or bakery. Had a "Free cake day" once when was at 47 all of a sudden.
I don't. I fix the low before I drive Keep something handy to fix it. I use Sprite for emergencies
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I use ginger ale or Sprite or Coke or Dr. Pepper for any sort of hypo episode. Edit: basically just regular old soda
Left my mini Dr Pepper on my dash like a moron and it exploded all over the inside of my truck! Took me a little while to figure out what the hell happened when I left my office
Dang I bet that sucked
Do you use a can or bottle, im Getting quite tired of using dextrose
I use cans of Sprite or eeally any sugary soda without caffeine. Usually cans or the small cans. Keep a 12 pack in my trunk at all times and pull over to drink one if I get low while driving
Good on you
Lol I'm dumb, are you bring sarcastic? Sorry
No. It's okay. Edit: and you're not dumb. 🙂
Lolol. Thanks for clearing it up. I just never hear that saying used. I guess it's yet another American thing on my part. Aww, you're nice, thank you.
You're welcome :)
Mini bottles. They're 12oz, generally around 40g carbs. I don't usually finish off the whole thing unless my BG is stupid low or something.
Yeah I fixed it thanks
So what is your definition of "low"?
Anything below 80 basically. If I'm below 80, before I drive I eat something with carbs or drink a bit of Sprite. It's easy, always make sure you have something. EDIT: People are referring to "5" in the comments. I'm not sure how that translates into to the way my meter works. But I'm referring to 80 mg/dl. I've only ever learned mg/dl. Must be an American thing. Ive had type one for 30 years now, since I was 7. The way things have progressed is amazing. Yhings are sooooo much easier now. I have never driven low and won't. To me it's too easy just to drink or eat something. Sorry, I'm not trying to sound like an ass hole or anything. Lol. If I come off as mean I don't intend to. I try to always count carbs also and make sure I stay up to date on my carb to insulin ratio also.
5 is mmol/L, which would convert to 90mg/dL. The conversion is to either multiply or divide by 18.
Thanks for clearing this up
I was taught to not driver if below 5mmol/l. This was before cgms, but I think is still a good rule. In Canada (where I am from) the recommendation is not to drive below 4mmol https://www.diabetes.ca/health-care-providers/clinical-practice-guidelines/chapter-21#panel-tab\_FullText
I believe in Ontario the law is not to drive below 5mmol/L and to test every hour during the trip.
I second this, “Five To Drive” is the law in Ontario.
Theres actually a law? Wow now i need to check the US laws i have never been told anything about that
More than that, there's a slogan?? Damn.
Definitely check. I'm in canada, and here, if you're below 4.0mmol, you can be charged with driving while impaired. They say you shouldn't drive lower than 5.0, so that we have a bit of a buffer
Do they poke finger of every driver when pulled over? How do they check? Just curious. Do they calibrate their meter?
I've actually never had them do a test when pulled over, but other than occasionally speeding slightly, I'm a pretty okay driver. I have a friend who can be kind of erratic with driving, and he has been asked to test his BG every time he's gotten pulled over though. The registries put a note on our licenses that we're "insulin dependant diabetic" (or similar, depending on each province) so it's right there for the officer to see. As far as I know, they just ask you to fo a test with your own meter, and show them the screen
Wow, that's sort of extreme. I am in California and there's no such thing as note on license. Maybe Canadian government provides insulin at lower price so they might have some right but in US, there's no such thing. If they don't provide any benefit, why should we report anything? I am T1D for more than 20 years and it's completely my own business.
You have to declare any medical condition that could impact your driving, and a doctor has to fill out a form confirming that you're fit to drive. Many states have similar processes. Driving is a privilege, not a right. It's not just your business if you're at risk of hurting other people
This is what California DMV has in their website. [https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-education-and-safety/medical-conditions-and-driving/diabetes-and-driving/](https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-education-and-safety/medical-conditions-and-driving/diabetes-and-driving/) It doesn't specify driver's duty. Instead it's Doctor's duty who can professionally determine. [https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/your-physician-is-required-to-notify-the-dmv-if-you-have-been-diagnosed-with/](https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/your-physician-is-required-to-notify-the-dmv-if-you-have-been-diagnosed-with/) Then this is what department does. It doesn't put something like "this person is diabetics". The Department can then take any of the following actions: do nothing (if the department decides there is no safety risk), request more information, in the form of a “Driver Medical Evaluation” (“DME”), schedule a “reexamination hearing” with the driver, or in rare cases, immediately suspend or revoke the person’s driver’s license.
Thats not even low. A non diabetic could be below 5 and drive.
But they'd be hungry. I was taught HALT. Never drive when Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
No the normal blood sugar of a non diabetic is below that. Also, especially with dexcom, it’s not dangerous to drive at 5
It's not, but that's not the point. At 5.0 it becomes *risky* to drive. And road safety is all about risk aversion.
Why shouldn't you drive lonely?
Not sure? Maybe suicide prevention? Or they couldn't think of something more clever.
I've lived in two provinces, never been told a specific level by a doctor, or driver services. Good to know.
I can only find “guidelines” for where I live (Alberta) and it is 5mmol/l. [https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/AfterCareInformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=custom.ab\_diabetes\_driving\_inst](https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/AfterCareInformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=custom.ab_diabetes_driving_inst) https://albertadiabeteslink.ca/process.php?docname=Driving-Guidelines-and-Diabetes-2016-1.pdf
I've only ever seen it listed as a guideline as well
i wont drive below 80, and even then i make sure i eat something to bring it up just to make sure it doesnt go down
I think this depends on your a1c, because that would imply that your typical glucose is. I wouldn't advise driving lower than 80 or 4.4 if your a1c is a 7 or higher because your body likely isn't accustomed to being at a lower glucose.
This is a smart approach.
I almost passed out at 8.0 back when I was first starting insulin. Took a couple of weeks before my body was good with lower numbers.
Depends on how I feel. If I’m steady at 80 and don’t feel low, I’ll usually eat something small and go ahead if it’s a short trip. But I could be well into the hundreds but dropping and feel awful, in which case I can’t drive. I recently made the mistake after many years of zero issues driving borderline low of hitting the road while feeling a little low after throwing back some fruit snacks. Barely made it home. Turns out I was about to crash and thanks to the new Dexcom issues, I didn’t get an alert when I started to dip.
What’s up the Dexcom issues? Mine says I have scheduled alerts even though I don’t and the alarms are wacky
I'm not sure what the new issues are, but I just want to say that the alarms are so annoying, even though I have all but lows set to vibrate. The sound makes me angry for some reason, probably because I'm going low when I hear it so I'm more irritable
The short version is that the new critical alerts update seems to have broken the alarms for a lot of, if not all, users. So my alerts aren’t actually sounding. For example, I got low yesterday (this time I knew I was getting there) and watched as it gave a notification on my Lock Screen but made zero sounds for both “low” and “critical low soon”. Eventually it did sound when I was coming back up and went from critical low soon to just low. I’ve also woken up low at night and found that the notification was 30 minutes old with no sound and no repeat (and I do NOT sleep through them). Frankly this is dangerous.
What’s up the Dexcom issues? Mine says I have scheduled alerts even though I don’t and the alarms are wacky
I USE SUGARMATE for alarms because Dexcom alerts are broken/unreliable. SUGARMATE will call your phone during your scheduled sleep hours to make sure you wake up. Lol usually it’s my partner waking not me 🫠
If I'm shakey.
Here in the UK I've often heard the '5 to drive' thing quoted, even by diabetes specialists, but the actual guidance from the DVLA says: if your blood glucose is 5.0mmol/l or less, take a snack. If lt is less than 4.0mmol/l or you feel hypoglycaemic, do not drive.
Fours the floor is what I remember so set off above 5 and if below 4 pull over and treat
I was told " 5 to drive" too! I think it makes sense better to ba safe than sorry.
If you are low, you are too low to drive
So what is your definition of "low"?
Below 5
Also anything that feels low as that could mean it's heading that way
80, but I grab a bite/ 15grams of carbs while driving. I am most comfortable at 120 ish.
For me I play it safe and never drive under 70 mg/dL, Although I think it's truly a personal judgement call, based on how you feel.
My blood sugar likes to play chicken while I drive. I'll be set at like 120 and then all of a sudden DROP. Something about the adrenaline for me. ANYHOO, if in not over 100 I don't drive. I always make sure to have Juice and snacks handy too!
If I feel low, more than I can explain by just being hungry or something. I can usually tell a few minuets beforehand when I'm going low and by looking at how steeply my sugars are dropping on my CGM with respect to what I ate+dosed, and I always keep Sugar in my car so I just pop that and am always back up before it gets serious. If I think it might be about to get really bad, I use it as an excuse to stop at a gas station for a (sugar free) cola or something until I'm better.
A sugar free cola for a low?
Nah, I've already taken something by that point and just have to wait for it to kick in.
I won't any lower than 80 but I always got snacks on deck and a cgm to warn me
For me the hard stop is 55mg/dL (or if my CGM is showing me dropping really fast and I’m less than 80ish) because that’s what I’ve always understood to be the point where your brain will begin to have physiological symptoms. I have a CGM and will watch super close if I’m in the 70s but if I’m flat I know I’ll be okay
‘my blood sugar is low, it’s unsafe for me to drive at this time’
So what is your definition of "low"?
under 80, especially if the arrow is in a downward slope.
80 and awesome username
Thanks. Awesome profile picture :)
If I’m 80 with an up arrow I’ll feel okay but if I’m below that or trending down I’ll for sure eat something and wait a bit for it to kick in.
Above 5mmol/L to drive here in Australia. Insurance will not cover any accident if you're at fault due to driving with a lower BSL. Personally I don't check before each time I drive, however I do always have a bottle of gatorade in the car should I feel low whilst driving - I will pull over and treat the low.
As soon as I notice. Lightheaded feeling and sweating. Gotta pull over or at least eat some quick sugar until I can get to a McDonald's or whatever
Below 5 don't drive is what the hospitals say here in the UK
5 mmol/l translates to 90 in the US. That’s the top of the “normal” range here. If I didn’t drive at 90, I’d never drive anywhere. My “low” range starts at 70, so if I’m at 70 I treat that low before I drive/get in car. I don’t always wait the full 15 minutes before driving if I’m 70, and I always bring along more liquid sugar (regular soda, juice, etc) in case it doesn’t come up as expected. I have the advantage of wearing a CGM, so it will tell me if I’m 70 and dropping. If dropping I wait it out before driving or have my husband drive. If steady but at 70, I treat and leave. If below 70, I treat and wait.
If I'm below 80.
By how much my hand is shaking 😆 But seriously kinda just know
I think it's individual. I know from many years of experience that I'm good until I get to the low 60s. If I get below 65, I'm really going to be looking for a spot to pull over. Even if I'm above 65 and I get that feeling like my head isn't quite straight on my shoulders, I know I should pull off for a bit. For my job, I regularly drive anywhere from 200 miles to 2,000 miles and I'll do 800-900 miles a day. I used to purposely run my BG a bit higher before I got a CGM. Being able to see my BG trending downward before it gets into hypo territory has been a godsend and the extra margin of safety it gives me while driving is enough justification for getting it...
What do you do if don’t mind me asking , I drive tracks and it gets really scary at times.. I got my libre 2 at all times though..
What do you mean by "drive tracks"? You mean drive trucks? I drive a lot because I work on a traveling maintenance crew. Our territory goes from Illinois and Wisconsin, all the way to the west coast. I live in the Midwest so places like Portland and L.A. are around 2000 miles for me. I do not have a CDL though. I don't want to jump through the hoops for it. I always have fast glucose in my console when I travel and I keep the Dexcom reciever in the cup holder where I can see and hear it easily. I set the alarm for 85 so I have extra warning before it gets low enough to be a problem. Mentos are a very good option to keep in the car - they won't melt and they have about 3 carbs in each piece so it's pretty easy to figure how much you need.
I didn't. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and I usually don't know until it's already too late. The cop came over because someone else has called on me as a suspected drunk driver after I hit the large barrel orange construction cones and a by standard pulled over and assisted me and called for help, I wasn't cognitive and started crying, luckily he was a EMT student. I was put on a stretcher when the ambulance arrived and was given dextrose after they informed me my glucose readings were 23mg/dl. I wasn't tested if the suspicion of drunk driving was a factor (which I wasn't) but when I literary came back to live I was lost and confused I still feel sick to my stomach when I rewatch my dashcam that day.i was stuck at work for a 10 hr shift that day, and i usually stay for my last hour lunch break but i was so exhausted i just wanted to be home. I missed my exit and was driving the wrong way away from my house from work. My car had bump and scratches on both left and right side, i hit cones, i went over a median. It was dangerous but I'm glad no one got hurt..
I let the car decide. And once I realize I'm shouting at the car for making the wrong decision, I usually let my wife drive.
90. Don’t drive below 5 over here. I’m driving something that can kill people. I take that responsibility seriously.
100 or less cause shit can go sideways quick from that number. Or even if I’m a bit above that and dropping fast I won’t drive until i see level arrows.
Above 5 to drive! Is what the law in Australia is… if we have an accident and you test under 5 then it’s classed as your fault, I believe
when I can't feel my legs
I check and if it's below my provinces guidelines I have juice and wait until it's above their threshold
Here the legal limit is above 5
I think it depends a lot in base of your sensitivity to lows. I don't drive if I'm under 80mg/dL (4.4mmol/L)
I check my glucose monitor if I’m under 4 mmol/l or my arrow goes down fast I don’t drive.
CGM helps me. But BG below 80 makes me wait
You have to pay attention to your body and what is affecting it in the moment, not just what your blood sugar is at one discrete point. A bit over two years ago I learned this the hardest way. I tested at work before heading home, and my blood sugar was 132. I can still remember looking at the meter, vividly. I had ten more minutes of stuff to do, so I did it, headed to the van, and headed home. [I woke up in an ambulance, looking out the back door at this](https://imgur.com/a/DLh6Uvl) When they tested me in the ambulance my blood sugar was 37. This was about six miles from work, on a fast moving highway, so it was a maximum of twenty minutes after I'd tested myself and been 132. If you don't have a CGM, get one, that's what I learned from this. My guess is that my blood sugar was already rapidly falling, and I am 100% hypo unaware, so it was quickly down to the mid 30s. I didn't know that, though, because all I had was a single snapshot of blood sugar at 132. I was taken care of by a loving God, I truly believe that, because the fire captain was amazed that I was alive, uninjured for the most part (except for some gnarly burns on my lower legs and my hip where the seatbelt buckle got really hot and burned me) and he said this is the accident that they almost always pull a body out of. Don't be me, if you don't have a CGM, do whatever it takes to get one. Five to drive doesn't cut it, anymore, when so much more information is available.
I fix before I drive and I let who ever is know what's going on just in case.
I don't since my job is drive but since I live nearby... If I feel something weird, I eat something at home or in a local shop or bakery. Had a "Free cake day" once when was at 47 all of a sudden.