Tamenti Gloria T, Rasengane Tuwani A, Mashige Khathutshelo P
Discipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Department of Optometry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Health SA. 2025 Feb 21;30:2826. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v30i0.2826. eCollection 2025.
Effective implementation of vision screening standards at driving licensing testing centres (DLTCs) necessitates adequate administrative and resource management.
To ascertain the perspectives of site managers and driver's licence examiners regarding vision screening standards at DLTCs in Gauteng province, South Africa.
The study was conducted in Gauteng province, South Africa.
A qualitative study that utilised interview questionnaires to assess site managers' and driver's licence examiners' perspectives on the vision screening standards at the DLTC sites.
A total of 30 participants, comprising 15 site managers and 15 driver's licence examiners, were interviewed from 15 out of 32 randomly selected functional DLTCs in the Gauteng province. The current vision policy and driving practices have remained unchanged since their inception. The vision screening equipment utilised at DLTCs has transitioned from manually operated to automated systems. Nevertheless, frequent machine breakdowns, primarily attributed to inadequate maintenance plans, were among the most frequently reported barriers to efficient vision screening.
This study highlights the need to review and update vision-related policies and practices for driver licensing in South Africa. This entails establishing a Medical Advisory Board to ensure appropriate vision screening functions for driving and reliable vision screening technology. Specifically, this will include implementing a vision-related examiner's training programme with a certificate of competence, an electronic eye-testing interface, proactive equipment maintenance programmes, improved quality control mechanisms and standardisation of the vision screening process across all DLTCs.
This study identified challenges to the effective implementation of vision screening for driving.
在驾驶执照测试中心（DLTCs）有效实施视力筛查标准需要充分的行政管理和资源管理。
确定南非豪登省驾驶执照测试中心的场地管理人员和驾照考官对视力筛查标准的看法。
该研究在南非豪登省进行。
一项定性研究，利用访谈问卷评估场地管理人员和驾照考官对驾驶执照测试中心场地视力筛查标准的看法。
从豪登省32个随机选择的功能正常的驾驶执照测试中心中的15个中心，共访谈了30名参与者，包括15名场地管理人员和15名驾照考官。目前的视力政策和驾驶实践自实施以来一直未变。驾驶执照测试中心使用的视力筛查设备已从手动操作过渡到自动化系统。然而，频繁的机器故障主要归因于维护计划不足，是高效视力筛查中最常报告的障碍之一。
本研究强调需要审查和更新南非驾驶执照颁发中与视力相关的政策和实践。这需要设立一个医学咨询委员会，以确保驾驶的适当视力筛查功能和可靠的视力筛查技术。具体而言，这将包括实施一个有能力证书的与视力相关的考官培训计划、一个电子视力测试界面、积极的设备维护计划、改进的质量控制机制以及所有驾驶执照测试中心视力筛查过程的标准化。
本研究确定了有效实施驾驶视力筛查的挑战。
