Citation

Drasdo N, Haggerty CM. Ophthalmic. Physiol. Opt. 1981; 1(1): 39-54.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1475-1313.1981.tb00146.x

PMID

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Abstract

The British number plate lest and the Snellen lest of visual acuity are compared. The observations of 60 subjects. 30 of whom have failed (he official number plate test, are analysed statistically. It is found possible to csiiiiunt1 the probability of a subject having a specified Snellen acuity, reading a number plate of the 3 1/2 (80 mm) symbol type, at 67 ft, (-20.5m). It is considered, however, that the probability of passing the official number plate test is a different value and this is also shown to be estimated from the Snellen visual acuity. The calculations based on the sample of candidates who had failed the number plate test suggest that a driving test candidate with a Snellen decimal acuity of 0.55, or approximately ft/122 in clinical notation, has a 50% chance of passing the number plate test, but the level of visual acuity which would fail the same number of candidates as the number plate test is deduced from an approximate population model, to be 0,6, or 6/9+2. Many other quantitative estimates relating the two tests are given in the text and accompanying tables and figures.

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