DRIVING WITH CONFIDENCE

Millions of people, in the US and other parts of the world, face the grim prospect of losing their driving privileges, their mobility, and to a great extent their freedom, due to a deterioration in their eyesight or a disabling eye disease.

Driving with Confidence is an empowering tool. Its message is simple: In many cases, people with low vision can and do receive, retain and safely exercise their driving privileges.

The book presents a clear, no-nonsense discussion on the realities of low vision conditions, together with a practical program designed to help low vision individuals maximize their chances of retaining and/or extending their driving privileges. It also provides a detailed description of driving vision regulations in every state in the US.

Site of interest: www.BiopticDriving.org which is a non profit group concerned with advocating the use of bioptics for driving.

Contents:

The Freedom to Drive
Vision and Driving — Facts and Fiction
The Medical Side of Low Vision
Thinking about Driving
Getting Ready to Drive
Learning to Drive
On the Road — Driving with Low Vision
If All Else Fails — How to Get Where You Want Without a Car
Conclusion — Daring to Succeed
Appendices:
- Federal Legislation
- Information/Aid Sources
- Terms You Should Know
- Low Vision Driving Aids
- State Vision Requirements
- Bibliography
- Index

Readership: Visually impaired people and their families, optometrists, ophthalmologists, low vision researchers, legislators, DMV administrators and laypersons.

“… Local researcher, Dr Eli Peli, wrote 'Driving With Confidence' to help people with impaired vision stay on the road.”

NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh

Boston ABC affiliate WCVB Channel 5

“… we have found your book, ‘Driving with Confidence: A Practical Guide to Driving with Low Vision’, to be a wonderful resource.”

Joanne Schwartzberg, MD
Director
Aging and Community Health, American Medical Association's Older Drivers Project

“This helpful book, printed in LARGE TYPE, contains facts, information, advice and reference materials that will enable those facing deterioration in their vision to make informed decisions about their ability to continue driving.”

Visionlink
Newsletter of International Library, Archives & Museum of Optometry

“Driving with Confidence fills a large gap in the low vision literature and provides a clearly written discussion of viable options and alternatives for driving with low vision … because countries outside the US are also dealing with these same issues regarding drivers with low vision and the use of optical enhancement devices, I believe the material contained in Peli and Peli would be of strong interest internationally.”

Visual Impairment Research

“The book is clearly written and well structured … it will inform and empower its intended audience.”

CE Optometry

“I will be enthusiastically recommending this book to my more astute patients (and their families) if they have a reasonable chance of being able to drive safely and legally and are trying to gain greater perspective than I can offer in a clinic visit. I will also recommend this book as a reference for any eye doctors, rehabilitation specialists, and driving instructors who work with a lot of partially sighted patients.”

Optometry and Vision Science

“I strongly support the Peli's main advocacy theme, which is that visually impaired individuals should be afforded more opportunities to demonstrate their potential for safe driving … I recommend this book to eye care practitioners as a useful source of information, and a resource to share with their visually-impaired patients.”

Ian L Bailey
Professor of Optometry and Vision Science
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

212pp		Pub. date: Jan 2002
ISBN: 978-981-02-4704-1 981-02-4704-4		US$32 / £22

212pp		Pub. date: Jan 2002
ISBN: 978-981-02-4705-8(pbk) 981-02-4705-2(pbk)		US$20 / £14

212pp		Pub. date: Jan 2002
ISBN: 978-981-238-876-6(ebook) 981-238-876-1(ebook)		US$42

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