§ Sir Peter FryTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many road accidents have occurred in the last five years for which figures are available where one driver involved was driving a passenger service vehicle and required spectacles or contact lenses; [18285]
26W(2) how many road accidents have occurred in the last five years for which figures are available where one driver involved was driving a passenger service vehicle and was blind in one eye; [18283]
(3) how many road accidents have occurred in the last five years for which figures are available where one driver involved was driving a heavy goods vehicle and required spectacles or contact lenses; [18284]
(4) how many road accidents have occurred in the last five years for which figures are available where one driver involved was driving a heavy goods vehicle and was blind in one eye. [18282]
§ Mr. NorrisThis information is not available.
§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on EU policy with regard to lorry drivers' eye tests without the use of spectacles. [18875]
§ Mr. NorrisAmong the eyesight standards for drivers of lorries and buses set in the second EC directive on driving licences, which will come into force on 1 July 1996, is a requirement to meet an uncorrected acuity standard, that is, without glasses or contact lenses, of 0.05—equivalent to 3/60 on the Snellen scale. This differs from the regulations in force in the United Kingdom since 1983 only in being required of both eyes rather than one eye only.