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Oral answer to question provided on Tuesday, 17 January 2006 in the House of Lords, by Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour).

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Opticians

Answer

My Lords, I do not wear glasses very often and am singularly ill qualified to respond to this Question. However, I emphasise again that the DVLA is concerned that the test should be carried out under proper and fair conditions. As I said, all test applicants who wear glasses in order to drive would be expected to wear them for a test that is measuring their ability to drive safely.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Tuesday, 17 January 2006 by Lord Harrison (Labour).

Question
My Lords, further to his earlier reply on the question of bifocals, does the Minister understand that someone can drive a car perfectly well wearing bifocals because of the vision to drive along the road, but that their peripheral vision will be distorted if half of what they see is obscured by wearing the lower half of bifocals, which are clearly intended for short-sightedness and not for long-sightedness?

Secondary information

Type
Oral answer to question
Reference
677 c545 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Eyesight Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Monitoring Ophthalmology Standards Testing Driving licences