Show importance of eye efficiency for sate safe driving discussed during national save your vision week february 21 to 28 the utah optometrists association of which dr earl lewis of richfield is a member will stress the importance of eye efficiency in avoiding automobile accidents As everyone suspects defective vision is one of the major factors in the mounting traffic toll there is not a state in the union that subjects applicants for dievers dir vers licenses to an adequate eye test dr harry pine president of the american association says that the mere ability to see clearly for a reasonable distance is not the only thing of importance in the relation of vision to efficient driving in the bulletin entitled eyes and safety he writes tes 17 in the research being conducted under the Arie american rican association it has been clearly shown that the coordination of hands and eyes is the deciding factor in safety or lack of safety vision may be perfect but if the associated action of hand and eye is slowed by fatigue when using the eyes under modem conditions the child who appears in the path of the speeding motorist is often left behind a mangled bundle of the driver suffering from visual inefficiency is a menace no matter how well he may measure abati by standard eye tests and that has been clearly shown by bf this intensive search research r concentration ratio n on the instrument board of the plane with the resultant fat fatigue igue makes a menace of the airplane pilot whose sole test of visual ability was his power to see cleab clearly at distance the increased use of planes the crowding of the laries lanes with cars and the tremendous increase in visual inefficiency is causing optometrists to clamor for an awareness of this great difficulty alty it is a debt owed the public that every driver and pilot should have not only his primitive vision that is his sight at far pont point tested but his fatigue after concentration at near point should also be determined then and not until then will the normal factor of safety be restored I 1 the efficiency of your eyes does not mean how clearly you can see many persons have marvelously ly clear vision but cannot ear not maintain it for the long hours necessary for safe driving As your part in the national safety program we ask you to pledge a yearly examination of your eyes to make certain that you are not a menace when handling a car caf |