The recent clock change and the dark early evenings have once again brought drivers’ vision very much into public thinking.
The news pages in the November 6 issue of Optician from 1964 took a different view on the subject, by attending the Commercial Motor Show and assessing how new developments would be of benefit to vision-related matters.
The Leyland Ergomatic cab was said to have been completely designed around the driver and offered significant benefits for their vision. Forward visibility extended to 12 degrees and window wiper sweep was not in the driver’s line of sight. Engineers also increased driver’s side visibility by off-setting wiper motors and wheel boxes.
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