The Basis of the Medical Recommendations for Drivers’ Visual Standards in the United Kingdom

Driving a motor vehicle is a highly vision related activity and is an activity that is not suited for blind people. This paper will explore the criteria that was used to establish vision standards under the Road Traffic Act of 1934.

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• Authors:
  • Gilkes, M J
• Conference:
  • Vision in Vehicles II. Second International Conference on Vision in Vehicles
  • Location: Nottingham , United Kingdom
  • Date: 1987-9-14 to 1987-9-17
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 143-147
• Monograph Title: VISION IN VEHICLES II. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VISION IN VEHICLES, NOTTINGHAM, UK, 14-17 SEPTEMBER 1987

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Blind persons; Field of vision; Highway safety; Human factors in crashes; Medical treatment; Recommendations; Vision; Visually impaired persons
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01166613
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780444704238
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2010 8:10AM