Driving With Confidence: A Practical Guide to Driving With Low Vision [Paperback]

Eli Peli (Author), Doron Peli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2002

Millions of people all over the world face the grim prospect of losing their driving privileges, their mobility, and to a great extent their freedom, due to a deterioration in their eyesight or a disabling eye disease. The message of this handbook is simple: in many cases, people with low vision can and do receive, retain and safely exercise their driving privileges. The volume presents a discussion on the realities of low vision conditions, together with a practical programme designed to help low vision individuals maximise their chances of retaining and/or extending their driving privileges. It also provides a detailed description of driving vision regulations in every state in the USA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc; 1 edition (January 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9810247052
• ISBN-13: 978-9810247058
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Professional & Technical > Automotive > Driver's Education
  • #51 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Eye Problems

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Driving with Confidence: A Practical Guide to Driving with L, January 12, 2003

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"ysng" (Carson City, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Driving With Confidence: A Practical Guide to Driving With Low Vision (Hardcover)

The authors offer people with low vision an optimistic, do-it-yourself, down-to-earth approach to obtaining or retaining a driver's license.
My husband has age-related macular degeneration, and we have gone the rounds of doctors, specialists, laser and photodynamic-something-or-other treatments, plus the DMV.
This "practical guide" explains various eye diseases cataract, AMD, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, optic atrophy, corneal dystrophy, stroke at least as clearly or maybe even more clearly as have the professionals whom we have consulted.
The guide urges readers to educate themselves about their state's DMV vision policy, investigate the various aids and devices available for vision-impaired drivers, and then come to their own conclusion as to whether they should be behind the wheel.
Among the amazing devices described in this guide are minifying mirrors by Brookstone, bioptic telescopes (Galilean and Keplerian) mounted on regular glasses, a telescope implanted in the eye, and the GPS-based iRadio system being developed by Motorola.
Surprise! there are personal trainers who specialize in teaching low-vision drivers!
The 104 pages of appendices are a valuable resource, providing definitions, contact information for further information and support, DMV vision requirements in 50 states plus D.C., and a bibliography.
This book is IN BIG PRINT! Very thoughtful.
Alison, Carson City, NV