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Originally Posted by svpilot
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Originally Posted by Carsick
While yes, what he proposes probably is a good idea, I'm not convinced it's the most important issue.
In terms of the number of accidents every year, the majority of those are not caused by people with eyesight below the required standard.
Basically, what I'm saying is that there are things that can be done which would produce better results, ie, more lives saved.
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Is eyesight tested after an accident? If not, how do we know how many accidents are attributible to poor eyesight?
If I were involved in an accident *touches wood* I think I would insist that the Police check the eyesight of any driver involved. So many people don't wear their specs, or forget, or don't know how poor their eyesight is. Unless people have regular eyetests, how would they know how good/bad their vision is? I'm not singling out the old either, I used to know a girl that 'didn't like' wearing her specs.
I have mine tested regularly since I've needed glasses/contact lenses. But it was a while untill I first realised I needed 'em
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I'm comfortably within the legal limit to not wear glasses, but I'd consider it irresponsible of me not to wear glasses when driving/riding at night. It's appaling how bad your vision is allowed to be and that you can still drive. I know most responsible people wouldn't, but there are a lot of selfish people who would keep driving until they were banned.
It's worth remembering lots of the elderly are retired and without eye tests being neccessary for work (as well as being hard up), they are often overlooked (no pun intended
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Personally, I think you should have to pass a fitness/health test every few years to drive too- I remember a guy in bristol having a hard attack at the wheel, crashed and had a head on with a young woman, killing her. The bloke had had a heart attack 6 months or so before. IMO if you're at risk of fainting/losing conciousness at the wheel, you shouldn't be driving. People who are severely epileptic don't drive, why should someone at high risk of a heart attack be able to?