THE PROBLEM OF BINOCULAR VISION IN MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS
FOR A DRIVING LICENSE, IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY IT NECESSARY TO EXAMINE BINOCULAR VISION AT THE OPHTHALMOSCOPIC EXAMINATION. THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN. BINOCULAR VISION IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR DRIVERS SINCE IT GIVES THEM A SPATIAL, TRIDIMENSIONAL VISION, PERMITTING CORRECT APPRAISAL OF THE DISTANCES WITHIN WHICH IT IS SAFE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE OPHTHALMOLOGIC CRITERIA FOR DRIVING LICENSES SHOULD ALSO COMPRISE NORMS REFERRING TO BINOCULAR VISION. ABSENCE OF BINOCULAR VISION AND A HIGH DEGREE OF HETEROPHORIA ARE CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR THE ISSUE OF LICENCES TO PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY OF HEAVY LORRIES OR BUSES. WITH THE TRAFFIC OF TODAY, IT IS NECESSARY TO REFUSE A DRIVING LICENSE IN CASES OF MONOCULAR VISION AND HIGH DEGREE OF HETEROPHORIA. EXAMINATION OF BINOCULAR VISION SHOULD BE DONE PREFERABLY BY STEREOSCOPIC TESTS, IN A FREE SPACE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO NATURAL CONDITIONS. DIPLOPIA IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DRIVING, DUE TO THE SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TO WHICH IT GIVES RISE. NO LICENSE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS IN CASE OF CONCOMITANT MONOLATERAL OR ALTERNATING STRABISMUS, OR OF OCULOMOTOR PARALYSIS, WITH OR WITHOUT DIPLOPIA. THIS INTERDICTION OUGHT TO BE APPLIED TO ALL DRIVERS. /SRIS/
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Corporate Authors:
Oftalmologia
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Authors:
- Ratili, E
- Glavan II
- Publication Date: 1967
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Depth perception; Driver licenses; Drivers; Optical instruments; Professional personnel; Testing; Vision; Visual perception
- Uncontrolled Terms: Binocular vision; Ophthalmology
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Stereoscopes
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00222936
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 8 1994 12:00AM