Its okay to drive if your peripheral vision is obstructed...

[CaNsA]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8449262.stm

You dont need to see......

[Bendy]

Her peripheral vision looks completely unobstructed.

How about we ban people from driving in poncey thick-legged glasses like I've got? If I look sideways without moving my head all I can see is frame and hinge.

[CaNsA]

in the 1960's nuns were made to remove their head-dress for driving as it obstructed the peripheral vision........

[Bendy]

A nun's wimple doesn't look like it would restrict vision either. Maybe they used to be a bit more obtrusive? Or maybe it was a stupid rule set by someone who had never actually tried driving in a wimple.

The veil the muslim lady is wearing in the clip seems to be very 'flush' against her face, unless she can actually roll her eyes all they way round until she's looking into her own brain, I really can't see it being significantly restrictive. Thick framed specs really *are* gonna be worse than that. What about emo hair? One-eyed drivers?

We all seem to manage with crash helmets. You just move your head about a bit more. I'll credit the muslims / nuns / speccies / emos and cyclopses with the same intelligence and consider them all just as unlikely to bother looking round the A pillar as anyone else.

[Mrs Kickstart]

Hi,
The law is :- The minimum field of vision for safe driving is defined as “a field of at least 120° on the horizontal
However there are exceptions for exisiting drivers to apply for an exception.
The defect must have been
• present for at least 12 months
• caused by an isolated event or a non-progressive condition and
• there must be no other condition or pathology present which is regarded as progressive and likely to be affecting the visual fields.

120° is not that much and I would say she has way moe than the legal minimum.

You are making a fuss about nothing.

Regards
Charlotte
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[Skudd]

In the 50's and 60's when my Grandfather was a driving examiner the Nuns Wimple was larger and did cause some issues while driving, although the modern ones do not.

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[Phoenix]

I'm more concerned by a driving instructor demonstrating her dry steering ability.

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[Skudd]

I watched the program last night and the standards of tuition did raise an eyebrow.
It is interesting for me though.
I have taught people with language issues, it can be fun and very hard work. I have taught, in the past, a Polish guy who couldn;t speak any English, had to use an interpreter in the back seat for all the lessons. Now that was hard work.
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[Phoenix]

Yes, and it is a failure as it can wreck the steering rack, pump and tyres.

[lostboy]

I think the law is totally screwed up you can drive with a veil so how is the speed camera meant to recognise you? also how come you can drive with a veil and they say your vision isn't impaired, yet sit outside a bank with a balacalava on and the engine running police soon wanna pull you over. effing coppers
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[Pedd]

Is it actually illegal to drive your car with you bike helmet on ??? Surely you've got more vision in your helmet than with a veil ??
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[Phoenix]

Why would it be? People in open top kit cars or racing cars wear helmets on the road so that'd be a no.

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[Redoko]

Appalling. Is their religion more important than risking a child or several life around a school?
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[Alexio]

[Redoko]

Not turning this into a topic on veils but do they not suffer vitamin D deficiency?
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[Alexio]

Only if they don't get it in their diet. The skin produces vitamin D if we are exposed to sunlight, but we're fine without sun if we just absorb it normally from fish or eggs.
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[stinkwheel]

I'm required by law to wear a motorcycle helmet that significantly restricts my peripheral vision.

If you don't believe me. Try riding without one and see the difference.

I'd be more worried about the size of the A-pillars on some cars these days. You can loose an artic in the blind spot they create on the approach to a roundabout.

I wonder how many more accidents they have caused by being thicker and blocking your view compared to injuries they have prevented by preventing the roof collapsing in the case of a rollover. Cars don't land on their roof all that often.
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