I have monocular vision (can only see out of left eye), with have
somewhat impaired vision in my good eye. I have a normal (class D
Minnesota) drivers license, with no limitations, other than the
requirement to wear glasses, which I do.
I am looking to buy an SUV or Sedan for my next car, and I want to
find more information about adapting my next car to meet my visual
needs. With vision such as mine, blind spots increase dramatically,
and some places are just impossible to see, making for a dangerous
situation when operating the vehicle.
So, as mentioned, I want to know about adapting my car. This is what I
am thinking about, but I need more info. (Costs, where to get them,
installation, etc)
* Special mirrors for the sides, similar to what truckers use?
* Possibility of adding a small camera to the right side mirror,
similar to whats seen in the back of Luxury cars?
* Special classes to learn how to drive with disability?
* Certain cars that may be particularly easy to see out of?
* Enlarged side/rear-view mirrors?
* Any other things?
Thank you for your time,
danman108-ga. |
Request for Question Clarification by
cynthia-ga
on
14 Jun 2005 02:02 PDT
Here's a couple links that might interest you. The pointer showed
there's a section about driving with monocular vision.
For the first one, you'll need to register, and possibly purchase the article.
Adaptation to Monocular Vision.
http://www.internat-ophthalmology.com/pt/re/ioc/abstract.00004397-200207000-00021.htm;jsessionid=CuYW3Dp9ZWzGI71pkeg2jA1kALYDn8D2qBtiCE92Ni5LOY1lzRme!-1415600737!-949856032!9001!-1
International Ophthalmology Clinics. Ocular Trauma. 42(3):203-213, Summer 2002.
Kraut, Joel A. M.D., F.A.C.S.; Lopez-Fernandez, Veronica M.D.
This next article is free, and looks VERY promising, --corrective glasses?
If you are hemianopic in any way, this article is a great score:
Vision Aids for People Sighted in One Eye ...by the National Institute
for Rehabilitation Engineering
http://www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/One_Eye.htm
..."The National Institute for Rehabilitation Engineering (NIRE) is a
non-profit organization which operated clinics for the development and
dispensing of low-vision aids from 1967 through 1987. These clinics
assisted hundreds of people having permanent impairments of visual
acuity and/or visual fields. This paper summarizes the successful
clinical methods developed and used during this period for assisting
individuals having Monocular Vision. Because the NIRE no longer
operates these vision clinics, the information is being made available
in hopes that NIRE's methods and data may be used by vision-care
professionals all over the world, to help rehabilitate individuals
having Monocular Vision. This paper may be freely copied and
distributed provided all copies are complete and unaltered........Two
types of "CROS-VISION" eyeglasses were developed for monocular people
to give to each such person, vision expanded toward the blind side and
more naturally centered vision. Neither type restores "normal" vision.
However, each of these eyeglass types have proven very helpful to
their users while being attractive looking and low-cost..."
Although they give permission for it to be freely distributed, it's
rather lengthy...
This is also interesting:
Stereo Vision-based Vehicle Detection
http://www.ce.unipr.it/people/broggi/publications/iv2000-vd.pdf
If any of this qualifies as an Answer, let me know and I'll dig up a
bit more and post in the Answer Box, along with my search strategy,
which could lead to more of the same.
~~Cynthia
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Clarification of Question by
danman108-ga
on
14 Jun 2005 10:08 PDT
Cynthia,
Thank you for the effort you have put into this. Unfortinatly, your
answer is a bit to vague for me. I was unable to view the first
article, but the second article was interesting. I may look into that
actually, but the article was really meant for laboratory technicians,
as it gave directions for machining specialized glasses. The third
article was completely unrelated.
I am looking for something specific to automobiles, that can help me
adapt my future car.
Thank you,
danman108-ga.
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