During the last school holidays, a "vision screening" break was offered in the Jura on the A39 motorway, an operation carried out in partnership by AsnaV, the Victor Bérard high school in Morez and the opticians of the Jura.
Second-year students, supervised by their teachers, welcomed you for this free and quick screening; only 5 minutes are enough.
As one of the physiological optics professors explained to us, these screening operations aim to raise drivers' awareness of the dangers linked to a lack of visual acuity.
It is also a preventive mission by checking if all visual capacities are satisfactory for long hours of driving. Many of us do not have a responsible attitude behind the wheel; we know that about 20% of the population has an uncorrected or poorly corrected visual defect and that 30% do not wear their glasses while driving!
Thanks to a sophisticated measuring device (for a complete eye exam adapted to each person), the students tested not only visual acuity but also several other visual functions that could compromise driving safety for oneself or others:
- Stereoscopic vision
- Visual field estimation
- Distance estimation
- Contrast vision
- Color vision
- Glare recovery function…
All visual capacities necessary for driving are checked; having good visual acuity is essential to see obstacles, signs… accurately estimating distances allows anticipating overtakes, a wide and unimpaired field of vision is essential for maneuvering, parking…
Depending on the results of the different tests, a complete medical check-up with an ophthalmologist was suggested to you.
This operation mainly welcomes drivers; accompanying persons, more or less young (teenagers), are also welcome. They were then offered different tests: search for visual defects, astigmatism, convergence…
An interesting operation for everyone: it's a shame it's not carried out everywhere in France…
