Truck drivers blind
NZPA-Reuter New Delhi Traffic police have confirmed what Delhi’s intimidated motorists and pedestrians have known all along — truck drivers are blind. Eye tests on lorry drivers in the capital showed that only one in five had normal vision, said the Deputy Commissioner of Traffic Police, Neeraj Kumar. Of 100 drivers tested, 39 needed glasses, 20 were suffering from trachoma, 15 from eye infections, and three had cataracts. Buses and trucks account for 68 per cent of fatal accidents in India which has the world’s highest traffic accident rate, according to the National Road Transport Council.
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Press, 20 February 1986, Page 29
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