SHE SAYS...

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32233, 27 February 1970, Page 11

SHE SAYS...

If one cannot see properly ! one surely cannot drive pro- : perly, as I said a couple of , weeks ago when passing on : some advice on vision and driving from a pamphlet ' available through the Ministry of Transport But there are some “vision ; traps" which can easily take any of us quite by surprise. ' One driving hazard of this : sort I heard about recently i was, of all things, false eyei lashes. One woman said it had never occurred to her I that they could be a danger, until she went driving the first time she wore them, and nearly hit another car as a result With both eyes well overhung with the false eyelashes, she said, she did not see a car coming froirf a side-street until it was nearly too late. Heavy-framed spectacles which block vision to the ‘ side were mentioned when I was discussing this subject before, but large-brim-med hats can be just as bad. A hat with a big, floppy brim can be just about as bad as driving in blinkers. ,- Sunglasses with badly' scratched lenses are an other hidden hazard. The type of sunglasses with sharply curved lenses can worst for this, for they often seem to get put face down and the lenses touch the surface the glasses res’ on. If that surface is the I parcel tray of a moving car they are slid from side to side and the damage is quickly done. For safety p any sunglasses should be I kept in a case when not in i use. . I!*

i Some sunglasses with < sharply surved lenses can i also distort side vision < badly, as I found myself a i few weeks ago when I f bought a new pair without a r thorough check. c Among the more obvious ’ vision hazards, windscreen f and back-window stickers 1 and dangling dollies must ' rank very high. These s dangling dollies can be an I annoying distraction to s other drivers also: just try t driving behind a car with a s large dangling toy in the back window for a few miles f and I think you will see v whavl mean. c