At a recent ADINJC meeting we had a presentation from Rob Heard of The Older Drivers Forum click link here to find out more. Rob made a point about starting to wear glasses while driving as one of his colleagues pointed out that he had not seen something.

My own eyesight meets ADI standards but is not perfect and as I said in a previous article I have the start of age related macular degeneration and cataracts.

The optician made the point of keeping an eye on it (my joke, not his) by extra check ups. But thinking about Rob and his presentation I decided that keeping a dedicated pair of glasses for driving in my car would be a practical and smart idea.

Advantages

  • You’ll always have them when needed, so no risk of forgetting them at home
  • You can choose lenses optimized for driving
  • Have a chat with your optician for advice
  • They can serve as a backup if you forget or misplace your everyday glasses

Spare glasses can be very cheap. The bottom end of range Specsavers ones come in at £15 a go with prescription lenses.

If, like me, you have been known to sit on them or drop them outside the car, it’s not the end of the world at £15. But when you pay a couple of hundred pounds for a pair it’s a much bigger ouch!

For between £5-10 you can have glasses holders that attach to your sun visors. They are parked out of the way and easily accessible when you need them.

That little bit of extra clarity could be a life saver. The fact you are doing it is a message to the pupils about being safe.

Check your eyesight every two years.

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