Bilateral cataract surgery improves neurologic brake reaction time and stopping distance in elderly drivers

Effect of Flashing Brake Lights on Drivers\' Brake Reaction Time ‎and Release Gas Pedal Time

Objective: It is believed that drivers play a crucial role in accidents. Paying attention to brake lights, a driver may find out about danger and react. Rear-end collision accidents refer to the part of the accidents due to driver inattention or slow reaction. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of dynamic flashing brake lights (7 Hz) on drivers' brake reaction time using the driv...

Simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery.

First and second eye cataract surgery and driver self-regulation among older drivers with bilateral cataract: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND Driving a car is the most common form of transport among the older population. Common medical conditions such as cataract, increase with age and impact on the ability to drive. To compensate for visual decline, some cataract patients may self-regulate their driving while waiting for cataract surgery. However, little is known about the self-regulation practices of older drivers throug...

Bilateral cataract surgery and driving performance.

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery is one of the most common medical procedures undertaken worldwide. AIMS To investigate whether cataract surgery can improve driving performance and whether this can be predicted by changes in visual function. METHODS 29 older patients with bilateral cataracts and 18 controls with normal vision were tested. All were licensed drivers. Driving and vision performance...

Simultaneous surgery in bilateral congenital cataract.

PURPOSE To assess the efficiency of simultaneous surgery in bilateral congenital cataract not only in patients with a high anesthesiologic risk profile. METHODS A retrospective study was carried out on 40 bilateral congenital cataract patients (80 eyes) who presented to the outpatient department of pediatric ophthalmology of the University Federico II of Naples in the period from 1990 to 2005...