IN SUPPORT OF A PROGRAMME OF MEDICAL STUDIES ON ROAD SAFETY

PER UN PROGRAMMA DI STUDI MEDICI SULLA SLCUREZZA STRADALE

A BRIEF ARTICLE EXPRESSES THE NEED FOR IMPROVED METHODS OF SIGHT TESTING FOR DRIVING LICENCE APPLICANTS, AND THE ADEQUATE TRAINING OF THOSE WHO CARRY OUT SUCH TESTS. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THESE TESTS SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT AT UNIVERSITY OPTHALMIC CLINICS OR AT HOSPITALS, WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO TEST THE SUBJECT'S RESISTANCE TO DAZZLE AND HIS RECOVERY TIME AFTER DAZZLE. IT IS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT FOR CERTAIN SIGHT DEFECTS, CONTACT LENSES ARE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS THAN ORDINARY SPECTACLES.

• Corporate Authors:

  Automobile Club d'Italia

  Via Marsala 8
  00185 Rome,   Italy 

  Communications Society

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Bietti, G
• Publication Date: 1974-1-2

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 78-81
• Serial:
  • Automobilismo e Automobilismo Industriale
  • Issue Number: 1-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contact lenses; Diseases and medical conditions; Drivers; Lenses (Optics); Safety; Testing; Tests; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Optical lenses; Vision characteristics
• ITRD Terms: 1772: Driver; 2154: Medical aspects; 1665: Safety; 6255: Test; 2066: Vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083380
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM