Follow the Signs to Total Eye Health

DID YOU KNOW?

In Tennessee, drivers are required to signal a turn 50 feet before turning… This means trouble if you can't read street signs in certain conditions. According to the UK Optical Confederation, specific vision issues behind the wheel may shed light on your overall eye health.

HERE'S WHAT TO KEEP AN EYE ON:

-Short-sight (Myopia):

Blurred distance vision. Uncorrected myopia can cause problems reading road signs or street names. Twilight or night driving can be difficult.

-Long-sight (Hypermetropia): 

Long-sightedness can cause blurred distance vision and headaches. Uncorrected long-sightedness can cause difficulty reading street names or signs, or eyes can feel tired.

-Cataract: 

Pay attention to cloudy, hazy vision, glare from bright lights, or changes in color perception. Difficulties are regularly reported with night driving, in poor weather, or bright sunlight.

-Glaucoma: 

May have halos about lights, glare, or difficulties driving at night. Loss of peripheral vision can cause difficulties maintaining lane position.

-Macular Degeneration: 

Problems seeing detail, vision blurred in center, or distorted vision. Problems with night driving, seeing road signs, recovery from bright light.

-Diabetes Related Eye Disease: 

Variable or blurred vision. Problems often reported with night driving.

IF YOU STRUGGLE TO SEE IN CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS, BE SURE TO HAVE A THOROUGH EYE EXAM AT ALLIED EYE!