New research conducted by Optician on drivers’ vision has uncovered concerning data from high street optometry practices about patient attitudes towards eyesight standards while behind the wheel.
The research, conducted throughout April, had a sample size of 669 practitioners, with headline figures including more than a third (35.6%) of practitioners seeing more than 10 patients in past year whose vision was not fit for driving, and 59% of respondents being aware of patients driving against advice from an optometrist.
Highlighting just how large the scale of the problem was, just 7% of respondents said they had seen no patients in the past 12 months whose vision was not fit for driving. For the 1-4 patients bracket, it was 33%, 5-9 patients accounted for 24% of the total, and the 10+ patients cohort totalled 36%.
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