Picture 1: driving on freeway Picture 2: sculpture of cycling clogs Picture 4: crossing showing car, pedestrian and bike lanes Picture 5: moped on cycle path and walk path next to it both separated by tree lined refuge then car lane Picture 5 shows shared streets Picture 6 shows shared streets. Bioptic driving in The Netherlands and the European Union became legal and commenced practiced in 2009. The Netherlands is the only EU country with a formalised bioptic driving program

California has a long history of low vision and bioptic driving with many critical events in evolution. In this blog I interview various people about California's history and current practice and reflect on the similarities and differences of success factors and barriers for Australia. Of particular interest in California is the controversy around studies done in 1983 and 1996 on motor vehicle collision rates of bioptic drivers. Interviews with: California's first licensed bi

Agenda for the last TSBVI In the Drivers Seat weekend A jump up to the fast-paced Austin, Texas is worlds apart from my previous stops in the USA. Here the culture, road infrastructure, services look like Melbourne and Sydney. Here bioptic driving has been around in the 1970s in practice and then formalised in law in the 1980s. Like many other places allowing those down to legally blind (20/200) to drive with a bioptic (20/40) if they pass the extensive eye and onroad testing

Photo: Kentucky state driving school car, Belinda O’Connor from Bioptic Drivers Australia, Brenda Eadens, Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist and Bioptic Driving Program Driver Trainer of Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Chuck Huss, Driver Rehabilitation Specialist West Virginia. A topic close to my heart is that of using tints to improve functional vision for people with colour deficiency or colour blindness. This is a topic that needs considerable and