Young drivers see less, warns RAC
Older drivers, as a group, have poorer vision, but younger drivers are less likely to do anything about it. That, we hear, is the findings of the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) which has been asking questions in the run-up to UK Road Safety Week (18th-24th November 2013) organised by Brake, the motoring safety charity.
We've got all the stats here on the desk, but they're boring. Suffice to say that drivers beyond their prime are apparently more inclined to go and get their peepers tested and take appropriate action (and even confiscate their own licences), whereas the youngsters simply barrel along regardless.
Meanwhile, classic bikers tend to be an ageing group with vision problems of their own, many of whom (understandably) want to keep riding all the way to the morgue.
Give that you can't easily tell a driver's age until he's run into you, or over you, or given you the fright of your life, there's not an awful lot you can do with this information—except that if you have brats of your own, you might consider having a quiet word about their vision whilst you're teaching them the facts of life or lecturing them on drugs and fashion and suchlike.
Are we serious?
Well, kinda. Meanwhile, see the news item below for more on road safety and vision.
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