For drivers out there. Would you drive if you only had sight in 1eye?

AMKC

So do you know anyone that drives that has only sight in one eye and if you only had sight in one eye do you think you could still be a safe driver and still drive?

Yes.

surely there's a signoff or otherwise from a doctor or optician required in those circs

fineso.mom

Yes.

Lynn Door

I don't think so.
I need that one eye for texting.

thomas anderson.

I have no central vision in one eye and still drive

.anon.

It would take a bit more effort - your remaining eye would be doing a lot more observational work. Unless you're like the majority of Irish drivers, who stare straight ahead of them and don't think it's necessary to look any further down the road than the rear of the car in front.

Having a prosthetic eye would be useful for parking. You could leave it on the parcel shelf when reversing into a space.

Feisar

Dept perception would be fecked, dunno.

thomil

My grandmother was like that, she got a full drivers license, with the only condition that she must wear special glasses while driving.

Mind you that was in Germany, but still.

Oh, she never had an accident in forty years of driving, although she managed to pick up a staggering amount of speeding tickets. Like my parents, she only felt comfortable above the 160 km/h mark...

PsychoPete

With the state of some of the driving on the roads you'd think some drivers were blind in both eyes

Del2005

AMKC wrote: »

So do you know anyone that drives that has only sight in one eye and if you only had sight in one eye do you think you could still be a safe driver and still drive?

I'd be more worried about the people with sight in 2 eyes that hasn't been checked since they were in their late teens/early 20s and are driving 20+ years than a person who's been signed off to drive with one eye.

.anon.

Del2005 wrote: »

I'd be more worried about the people with sight in 2 eyes that hasn't been checked since they were in their late teens/early 20s and are driving 20+ years than a person who's been signed off to drive with one eye.

Mine was checked in 1999, when I applied for my first provisional. It wasn't checked again until 2018, when I was applying for a licence category that requires a medical examination. A lot can happen in 19 years (they said it'd make me go blind, but did I listen?), and I failed that one miserably.

Thelonious Monk

no, is it even legal? 9 pints inside me and i can only see out one eye anyway, those are the best drives

Jim_Hodge

I know a man with a glass eye and he is allowed drive once he got a medical declaration.

One eyed Jack

Feisar wrote: »

Dept perception would be fecked, dunno.

Ahh your brain adjusts after a while, sometimes it’s an issue alright, but it wouldn’t entirely prevent a person from driving if they had good vision in their other eye.

Personally, I wouldn’t chance it myself tbh.

Kylta

AMKC wrote: »

So do you know anyone that drives that has only sight in one eye and if you only had sight in one eye do you think you could still be a safe driver and still drive?

These days I drive with both my eyes closed, to avoid crashing

Thelonious Monk

Kylta wrote: »

These days I drive with both my eyes closed, to avoid crashing

To die like my grandfather did, quietly in his sleep, unlike his screaming passengers

matchthis

I would drive faster to reduce length of time on the road

Only if the name on your licence is Arges, Brontes or Stereopes.

85603

hey, invention idea.

a pair of glasses, but they have like sticky out cameras mounted on both lenses.

and then theres like a pipe/funnel from each camera, which merges into one eyepiece.

and that eyepiece goes over the one eyed persons good eye.

its like a vr headset that channels two cameras into the one good eye.

so a bit like a cable adaptor for a tv with one scart plug that means two scart leads can be connected.

-O-O-
/_ /
G.n.B

G: good eye.
B: bad eye.
n: nose.
-O-O- : glasses.
/_/ : pipe.

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