UPGRADING DRIVER LICENSING VISION RE-EXAMINATION

THE HISTORY OF VISION EXAMINATIONS FOR DRIVERS IN NEW YORK STATE, AND HOW THE RECENT FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM STANDARD FORCED A CHANGE UPON THE PROGRAM ARE RELATED. DATA FROM NEW YORK'S PREVISIOUS VISION EXAMINATION PROGRAM HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVE IN FOSTERING PROFESSIONAL EYE EXAMINATIONS AMONG THE PUBLIC. INDIVIDUALS WHOSE VISION HAS FALLEN BELOW STANDARD ARE BEING DETECTED AND INFORMED OF THE DEFECT, AND IN ALMOST EVERY CASE THE VISUAL DEFECT CAN AND IS BEING CORRECTED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 16, No 8, PP 14-19
• Authors:
  • Kuziomko, L M
  • Scott, B Y
• Publication Date: 1968-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • TRAFFIC DIGEST AND REVIEW
  • Publisher: Northwestern University, Evanston

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Driving tests; Vision; Visual aids
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222944
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 2 1994 12:00AM