Anuradha S, Potter C, Fernquest G
Department of Health Systems, Policy and Practice, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4067, Australia.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2007 Sep;29(3):230-5. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm031. Epub 2007 Jun 13.
A reasonable level of visual acuity is a prerequisite not only for the safety of drivers and their passengers but also other road users. We surveyed a sample of automobile and motorbike drivers in South Wales to identify the prevalence of drivers failing to meet the visual requirements for driving as laid down by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
A random sample of 301 automobile and motorbike drivers was stopped under police supervision in a lay-by on a single carriageway in Gwent. A simple questionnaire was administered to 298 of them followed by an eyesight test wherein they were asked to read vehicle registration plates at set distances in daylight. This replicated the mandatory test administered during a person's driving test in the UK.
There were five drivers among those tested whose eyesight failed to meet the DVLA standard for driving. This translates to 26,776 drivers in Wales and over half a million drivers in the UK. The failure rate was greater among drivers older than 40 years of age with one in 45 drivers failing the number plate test in that age group.
There is an urgent need to raise public awareness and instigate personal responsibility among drivers to maintain the required vision for driving. The magnitude of the problem raises the debate about licence renewal based on periodic mandatory vision testing and the adequacy of the current visual standards used for drivers.
合理的视力水平不仅是驾驶员及其乘客安全的前提条件，也是其他道路使用者安全的前提条件。我们对南威尔士的汽车和摩托车驾驶员样本进行了调查，以确定未达到驾驶车辆许可机构（DVLA）规定的驾驶视力要求的驾驶员的比例。
在格温特郡的一条单车道公路的路肩处，在警方监督下随机抽取了301名汽车和摩托车驾驶员。对其中298人进行了一份简单的问卷调查，随后进行了视力测试，要求他们在白天的规定距离读取车辆牌照。这重复了英国在驾驶考试期间进行的强制性测试。
在接受测试的驾驶员中有5人的视力未达到DVLA的驾驶标准。这相当于威尔士有26,776名驾驶员，英国有超过50万名驾驶员。40岁以上的驾驶员失败率更高，该年龄组中每45名驾驶员就有1人未能通过车牌测试。
迫切需要提高公众意识，并促使驾驶员个人承担责任，以保持驾驶所需的视力。问题的严重程度引发了关于基于定期强制性视力测试进行驾照续签以及当前驾驶员视力标准是否充分的辩论。
