Tomey TCP-2000P, Operation Manual

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Operation Manual
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5.5.1. Fitness to Drive Test (optional)
There is installed 5 kinds of Fitness to Drive tests:
Visual Acuity (a standard optotype test, in accordance to 5.5..1.1),
and opdional driving tests:
Twilight Vision
Glare Sensitivity
Driving Contrast Sensitivity
Photostress Recovery Time
EU directives, 2006/126/CE and 2009/113/CE, changed the eligibility minimum
requirements to obtain or renew driving license for people affected by visual
diseases. These new provisions require the assessment of twilight vision, contrast
sensitivity and glare sensitivity; in case of several renews or releases of driving
licenses, the doctor is demanded to use simplified screening procedures in order to
quickly identify patients with visual diseases requiring a specific assessment of the
minimums prescribed by law. When one or more minimums lacks, a Local Medical
Commission is competent to evaluate.
Drivers are divided into two groups in relation to the features of the vehicles they
wish to license:
- Group 1: drivers of vehicles in A, B, B + E categories and in A1 and B1
subcategories
- Group 2: drivers of vehicles in C, C + E, D, D + E categories and in C1, C1 + E,
D1 and D1 + E subcategories
5.5.1.1. Visual Acuity
This test should be conducted with „Sloan Letters” optotype and at the distance of
far vision tests. Patient is asked to recognize at least three or five letters of line
with a single bare eye (or with correction), starting from the first line (0,1).
For driving licenses of group 1, in case of binocular vision, is required the reading
of line 0,2 at least, with the worst eye (in this case, is required to read 0,5 line with
the other eye. In case of monocular vision, is required the reading of 0,8 line at
least. For driving license of group 2 is required the reading of 0,8 line at least, with
the best eye and of 0,4 line with the other.
This test should be performed with standard optotype test.
Please, refer to chapter 5.1
NOTE !