by Joel Harrison
27. October 2011 14:43
A report prepared by the Institute for Advanced Motoring (IAM) warns that poor vision is the cause of half as many accidents as using mobile phones while driving. The report is based on police data (including statistics regarding 700,000 car accidents that occurred from 2005 to 2009), which state that vision problems result in 0.4 per cent of all accidents that were related to distraction.
A project manager for the IAM, Neil Greig, stated that the numbers show that many popular convictions regarding safe driving are simply myths. According to him, most car crashes do not involve vehicles going at great speeds and out of control; they are connected with small mistakes that have serious consequences.
The conclusion that should be drawn from the report is that wearing one’s contact lenses (or glasses) while driving is absolutely necessary for reasons of safety. What is more, various experts argue that contact lenses are superior in this respect, as they offer a much wider field of vision and are much more reliable than glasses (they do not get dirty, shift unexpectedly, etc.).
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