Vision test as road safety measures. Paper presented at the Verkehrsmedizin Kongress, Heidelberg, May 1977 and at the Symposium of the Illuminating Research Institute, Munich, June 1977.

Eye-tests for road users, more particularly for applicants for a driver licence are considered primarily as a way to improve road safety, but the prohibition to drive, based on an eye-test can not be justified on grounds of accident reduction. In the Netherlands an eye-test is obligatory as a screening test only for applicants for a driver licence. If negative the applicant has to consult an ophthalmologist.