VISUAL TESTS FOR DRIVERS
-The Preu" Special Service TAUPO. February 10
Although the Commissioner of Transport. (Mr A. E. Forsyth) was urging eye tests for drivers over 50 statistics showed that drivers between 20 and 40 had most accidents, said Mr P. H. Campbell, a Taupo optician He will urge the local road cafely committee to ask the commissioner to reconsider his proposals on eye test*. “All new applicants for driver’s licences should be given a complete medical and visual test.” be said, "otherwise we might as well give up the idea." The Taupo road safety group proposed these tests about 18 months ago after hearing Mr CangibeU describe how many drivers had undetected defects. Many of them drove school buses and other forms of public transport
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29436, 11 February 1961, Page 6
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