Drivers over 70 stay at home!

[The Wino]

Both OH and I have glaucoma. Fortunately my pressures are stable but OH had a Trabeculectomy in the early autumn. In her case we are still waiting to have a DVLA sight test for her licence renewal which was sent off in May. Specsavers have always done field vision tests on my periodic visits even before I was diagnosed with glaucoma.

Often it's not vision issues when driving, it's people's awareness. I don't know if it is an increase in motorway driving that makes them switch off instead of concentrating.

I'm sure there are lots of reasons for not being aware of things a couple of squabbling kids in the back wouldn't help that being said if you can't see it you certainly can't be aware of it. A lot of people think glaucoma is high pressure but a lot of the definitions don't include pressure. A third of people who develop it have a normal pressure on diagnosis some progressively lose sight with a normal pressure. Its really optic nerve dammage thats why you can't regain any sight lost . The higher the pressure the more likely sight loss is but like anything to do with health some are just unlucky.

 

[nicholsong]

I suspect you have a glaucoma check at the hospital each year ( its only designed to look at the glaucoma aspect of your eyes it won't look at your spectacle prescription or necessarily pick up other eye conditions). The sight test at the opticians is a more general check and looks at other eye conditions and if you're specs are right. The good news is that if you're on an annual visit you're low risk of severe sight loss. Make sure you follow the drops to the letter and tell your relatives. As you have discovered it's not possible to tell if you are losing peripheral vision usually until you're well below the legal limit for driving. I see people on a regular basis who are shocked when they're told to notify the DVLA and it's likely they will lose their license.

Is it left to the driver to report to DVLA?

Are you not under a duty to do so?

Geoff

 

[Nanniemate]

Some people ain't arf cocky just because they've been on holiday! Why ain't you isolating????

I am, got nothing better to do than washing and antagonising

 

[TinaLes]

I find that singing this when driving really helps.
LES

 

[Coolcats]

Where would all of these optometrists come from?
How much would you be prepared to pay for the test?

Last year my eye test was cancelled because of Covid. Would you like me to be banned from driving until I could sit my test?
The Devil is in the details!

Gordon

Suspended not banned and doesn’t the NHS pay for the test every two years for anyone over a certain age?

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[joe and sue]

I was diagnosed with glaucoma in my left eye a few months before renewing my C1+E licence and although 20/20 in both eyes there was a very slight reduction of field vision when eyes tested individually although ok both together but it was enough for DVLA to remove my C1+E.
My eyesight is tested annually in the Eye Dept at our local hospital in addition to Specsavers biannually and fortunately still good.

Crazy, eyesight not good enough to drive a MH over 3500kg, BUT you can still drive the fastest super car, or motorcycle, ( if test passed) with no additional checks at all.

 

[L' Hobo]

I am, got nothing better to do than washing and antagonising

I say, always do what your good at!

EDIT: Just noticed the kiss. Now that is worrying???

 

[Larrynwin]

Crazy, eyesight not good enough to drive a MH over 3500kg, BUT you can still drive the fastest super car, or motorcycle, ( if test passed) with no additional checks at all.

And with B+E on my licence could drive a pickup towing a fifth wheel RV.