title: [The importance of sight for drivers].
abstract: Sight is the basic sense for drivers. Condition of the eye determines correct, comfortable and safe performance of the work as drivers. This article presents various factors influencing the sight condition. There are two groups of factors, external (environment, the kind and time of work, stress caused by work) and internal (systemic and local disorders). All these factors can reduce significantly visual functions, such as visual acuity, field of vision, color vision, strereoscopic vision, twilight vision and glare sensitivity. There are also presented actual requirements for drivers and causes of the car accidents in various age groups. Impairments in vision functions can be dangerous for both the driver and other road users.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland. alapw@imp.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pas-Wyroślak
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siedlecka
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wyroślak
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bortkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D014786:Vision Disorders; D014792:Visual Acuity