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 Stuk  Top half 01 Jun 15 5.26pm |
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but she went through a red light and killed someone. Who the feck thought one eye was good enough to drive?
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| CheeseRolls Cheshire 01 Jun 15 5.55pm |
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The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
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| Stuk Top half 01 Jun 15 7.11pm |
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Quote CheeseRolls at 01 Jun 2015 5.55pm
The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
On top of that you're 7 times more likely to have an incident while driving.
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| 55 years a fan 01 Jun 15 7.26pm |
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Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 7.11pm
Quote CheeseRolls at 01 Jun 2015 5.55pm
The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
On top of that you're 7 times more likely to have an incident while driving. And you get that information from where? My father was born blind in one eye. Never had a fault accident in over 50 years of driving. Seems a bit unfair,stating anyone with impaired vison is a danger. As a retired driving instructor have seen loads of so called able bodied drivers who desereved to be called dangerous
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 01 Jun 15 7.32pm |
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Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 7.11pm
Quote CheeseRolls at 01 Jun 2015 5.55pm
The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
On top of that you're 7 times more likely to have an incident while driving. Yeah but no so much that you'd somehow stop noticing traffic signals surely and pedestrians. Even drunk people seem to generally be able to do that.
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| derben 01 Jun 15 7.34pm |
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According to my mate Aldous, they drive with no eyes in Gaza.
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| TUX redhill 01 Jun 15 7.40pm |
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Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 5.26pm
but she went through a red light and killed someone. Who the feck thought one eye was good enough to drive? Maybe the issue is being 'colour blind'?
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| Stuk Top half 01 Jun 15 7.58pm |
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Quote 55 years a fan at 01 Jun 2015 7.26pm
Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 7.11pm
Quote CheeseRolls at 01 Jun 2015 5.55pm
The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
On top of that you're 7 times more likely to have an incident while driving. And you get that information from where? My father was born blind in one eye. Never had a fault accident in over 50 years of driving. Seems a bit unfair,stating anyone with impaired vison is a danger. As a retired driving instructor have seen loads of so called able bodied drivers who desereved to be called dangerous It's everywhere. Try closing one eye and see if it feels the same to you. It would be less of a factor if you never had that vision in the first place admittedly. I'm not saying there aren't plenty of idiots driving with good vision, but poor vision is a significant disadvantage to start with.
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| Stuk Top half 01 Jun 15 8.01pm |
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Quote jamiemartin721 at 01 Jun 2015 7.32pm
Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 7.11pm
Quote CheeseRolls at 01 Jun 2015 5.55pm
The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
On top of that you're 7 times more likely to have an incident while driving. Yeah but no so much that you'd somehow stop noticing traffic signals surely and pedestrians. Even drunk people seem to generally be able to do that.
Red/Green colour blind would surely be an instant ban on driving? Funny that those are the lights when it is a fairly common colour blindness.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 02 Jun 15 9.21am |
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Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 8.01pm
Quote jamiemartin721 at 01 Jun 2015 7.32pm
Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 7.11pm
Quote CheeseRolls at 01 Jun 2015 5.55pm
The requirement to legally drive in the UK is 20/20 vision in one eye, with or without the aid of glasses/contact lenses. You are, however, restricted on vehicle class you can drive (buses, hgv's). The 'one eye' is not the issue here, it is the careless driving.
On top of that you're 7 times more likely to have an incident while driving. Yeah but no so much that you'd somehow stop noticing traffic signals surely and pedestrians. Even drunk people seem to generally be able to do that.
Red/Green colour blind would surely be an instant ban on driving? Funny that those are the lights when it is a fairly common colour blindness. I'd imagine that most people would look at the position of the light, rather than the colour if they were colour blind. Most accidents occur due to cognitive dysfunction where in the person 'misreads' or otherwise confused by factors outside of their immediate perception. Everyone's made mistakes like that, not noticing a light was red until they've gone through it, or had to slam on the breaks; not noticed a car slowing down. Whilst having one eye is a disadvantage, if it was the primary cause of the accident, then the driver wouldn't have been guilty of the crime (it would be a defense of mitigation). of course there is an argument that people who suffer a visual imparement should take a specialized driving course and test.
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| npn Crowborough 02 Jun 15 10.18am |
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I have limited vision in one eye - I honestly don't think it affects my driving
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| Hoof Hearted 02 Jun 15 10.45am | |
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Quote Stuk at 01 Jun 2015 5.26pm
but she went through a red light and killed someone. Who the feck thought one eye was good enough to drive?
"In the Kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is King!"
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