DRIVING WITH TELESCOPIC AIDS

Telescopic aids have been advocated for meeting visual acuity requirements for driver licensing. Safeguards and danagers of such devices are discussed. Using telescopic spectacles, a controlled road driving test proved that the wearer was made unfit to drive. Licensing requirements should not permit telescopic spectacles except in rare exceptional circumstances. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044
• Authors:
  • Lippmann, O
• 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: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 24-32
• Serial:
  • Volume: 20

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144173
• 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