HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES
NEW MOTORING LAW.
NO EYESIGHT TÈSTS.
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** NIGHT BLIND" MOTORISTS. TO DRIVE ONLY BY DAY.
The motoring correspondent of a Loudon paper, who has investigated the new conditions which motorists in England will have to face next year, reveals that it is not the in- Lention of the Government to ask motorists to undergo an eyesight Lost before the issue of a driving licence.
Applicants, however, will have to Snake n voluntary declaration that
has approximately half normal disto go through a driving test to tans vision he or she will not be prove that, despite their disability, barred from driving.
they are capable of controlling a car. This clauso will be waived where the applicant can prove that for six months before: January 1, 1031, he or she has driven a car. without a conviction for dangerous driving.
The onus of finding this out rests with the applicant for a licence, nid not with the licence issuing hos.
It, later, it is found that the holder of a licence who has made thin voluntary declaration does not possess the required · standard of vision, or is mentally or physically not up to standard, then proceed- ings may be taken,
People with eyesight defects that are rectified by spectacles will be able to declare their vision normal. Special Regulations for People Who
Are "Night Blind," -
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There will be nothing in the re- they are St, mentally and physicgulations prohibiting colour-blind ally, to driva a car..
While applicants for driving lleenees next year will not be asked to undergo an eyesight test, they will he required to state that their vision for distances reaches n cer- tain standard,
people from holding Reences, but it is likely that a special clause will be devoted to those who have what is called "night blindness." "These people, under certain conditions, will be permitted to hold licences to drive by day, but they will not The exact standard has not yet; be allowed to drive at night, been decided, but I learn that
It is practically certain that suf ferers from epilepay will not he dllowed
to hold a licence,
Special Licences.
There will be no test of an ap plicant's mechanical knowledge, driving capacity, or physical fitness before the issue of a licence," A person who makes a statement that
he has some disability and is re- fused a licence will have the right, however, to ask for such a test. in furtherance of his claim for a special licence.
There will be a conference in London between the Minister of Transport (Mr, Herbert Morrison), representatives of the British Medi- cal Association, the Motorists' Or ganisations, the Disabled Drivers' Association, the London County County Council and the police to discuss the draft regulations.
Applicants for licences will be normal distant vision will be taken | required state whether they have as the standard, and that if the the full use of every limb, and in applicant declares that he or she some cases they may he required 'ed.
It is likely that the recommenda- tions outlined above will be adopt-
THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
AUYAS
WILLIAMS
AT THE END OF A TWENTY MILE DRIVE INTO THE COUNTRY YOU DISCOVER THAT YOUR WIFE THOUGHT YOU HAD THE PICNIC BASKET IN FRONT WITH YOU WHILE YOU SUPPOSED SHE HAD IT IN BACK WITH HER
(Copyright, 1930, by The Ball Syndicate, Inc.)
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