MPs and peers heard Simon Keightley, consultant ophthalmologist and former chair of the Department of Transport Medical Advisory Panel, assert that the current number plate test was easy to apply and there was no specific evidence to show visual acuity alone was responsible for unsafe driving.
Other speakers included Dr Christine Dickinson, senior lecturer at the Department of Optometry and Neuroscience, Umist and Professor Gary Rubin, Helen Keller Professor of Visual Rehabilitation at the Institute of Ophthalmology.
The date of the group's next meeting is Tuesday October 28. The subject for discussion will be employment.Evidence for a link between poor vision in motorists and road accidents was discussed at this week's All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment meeting at the House of Commons.
MPs and peers heard Simon Keightley, consultant ophthalmologist and former chair of the Department of Transport Medical Advisory Panel, assert that the current number plate test was easy to apply and there was no specific evidence to show visual acuity alone was responsible for unsafe driving.
Other speakers included Dr Christine Dickinson, senior lecturer at the Department of Optometry and Neuroscience, Umist and Professor Gary Rubin, Helen Keller Professor of Visual Rehabilitation at the Institute of Ophthalmology.
The date of the group's next meeting is Tuesday October 28. The subject for discussion will be employment.
Evidence for a link between poor vision in motorists and road accidents was discussed at this week's All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment meeting at the House of Commons.