Bad eyesight: Instant ban threat to drivers

[BigonaBianchi]

Hate to say it but should the same law apply to cyclists?

 

[mickle]

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Hate to say it but should the same law apply to cyclists?

No.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

agree with Mickle

....so back to car drivers...
rather than some read the plate test maybe a compulsory eye sight test at the optician who issues an mot type eyesight certificate for submission to dvla?

 

[SquareDaff]

I have my eyes tested every year as I wear lenses.
My eyesight wouldn't be legal without them - but then on the rare occassion I've forgotten to put them in and then sat behind the wheel of a care - I've instantly realised I could never drive safely like that.

Some people are just too {selfish/lazy/arrogant - delete as appropriate} to care about others.

 

[Sandra6]

I have to say my own dad was guilty of driving when he knew full well his eyesight wasn't up to it.
He never passed a driving test, but held a motorbike licence which allowed him to drive a reliant robin. He had one when I was very little, then didn't drive again until I was in my 20's.
I asked him once why he didn't just take the full test and get a "proper" car and he admitted it was because he wouldn't pass the eyetest!!!!

Slightly ot, but not completely, there is a customer who comes into Halfords fairly often and he has a condition that causes him to twitch, often quite violently and he seems to have little control over his head movements - surely somebody like that shouldn't be driving?? How can he concentrate on the road in front if his head is veering all over the place??

 

[SquareDaff]

Slightly ot, but not completely, there is a customer who comes into Halfords fairly often and he has a condition that causes him to twitch, often quite violently and he seems to have little control over his head movements - surely somebody like that shouldn't be driving?? How can he concentrate on the road in front if his head is veering all over the place??

I have an uncle who is similar - we can hardly walk - moves incredibly slowly and his hands are constantly shaking. Yet, he qualifies for disability and drives. I dread to think what his reaction time would be in the event of an accident. IMO he shouldn't be driving - but I suppose he does have good eyesight!!

 

[Arch]

Having watched the Paralympic Equestrians controlling a dressage horse, I think some people who struggle to walk without shaking or twitching can control the shaking to some extent when concentrating...

 

[Sandra6]

That may be true Arch, I don't know.

 

[Hotblack Desiato]

There are a hell of a lot of drivers who know their eyesight has gone beyond the point where they should drive and they don't tell the GP about it for fear of having the licence pulled.

My GP has one of these

in a prominent part of the waiting room. No patient can ignore it. Started using reading glasses myself recently - what a b4ll4ch3 - but can still read the bottom line without. I know my night vision is not quite what it used to be.

Drivers should take a re-test, incl. medical every 5 yrs IMO.

 

[postman]

I have just had the pleasure of taking the wife to work,well she drives there, i came back.So a Doris pulls out of a retail park infront of me i am doing 35 she just dawdles along,she turns off left and i follow a bloke doing 28 in a 40 limit.I follow him to Sainsburys,argh.
I park away fro Sainsburys and walk in.Who do i see just pulling in the old Doris,where the hell has she been to arrive so late.
Sorry both should not be on the road.28 in a 40 is not on,and pulling into traffic when it's going 35 and not picking up speed is dangerous.

 

[on the road]

Hate to say it but should the same law apply to cyclists?

Unenforceable.

 

[Dan B]

.28 in a 40 is not on

It's a limit not a target