NEW YORK STATE'S APPROACH TO THE LICENSING OF TELESCOPIC LENS USERS

This paper will briefly address the arguments for and against the use of telescopic lenses in drivng, as a basis for estabilishing the rationale used by the Department in deciding upon its course of action. In addition, it will discuss the standards and procedures to be promulgated concerning the licensure of these drivers, and the evaluation techniques to be used in determining the effects of BTL use in New York State (through an examination of driving recores) as compared to the over-all driving populaiton. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044
• Authors:
  • Scott, B Y
• Conference:
  • 20th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Date: 1976-11-1 to 1976-11-3
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 16-23
• Serial:
  • Volume: 20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver licensing; Driver records; Drivers; Safety; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver restriction; Driver vision; Telescopic lens
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144187
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-024-1-115
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM