Rear number plates are yellow for that reason, that it is the easiest colour for most people to read! I have far less trouble with the rear plate than the front!! Also if there is any concern over your driving standard you may be sent for a visual field test as well just to make sure that you can see everything around you. I don't go that much on the Snellen chart but how i feel on the day. If the weather is very bright or indeed it is night i am fine, however anything like dusk and i've had it!!
Andrew, i didn't think we could be colour blind as it affects a complketely different part of the eye?? Hhmm??
Sweet X x X
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Hi Tom. 
I know exactly what you mean about the frustration of no one not really getting what it is like to have KC. Until I found this place last weekend I'd never spoken to anyone else who has KC. I've had a few 'wow' moments reading other people's posts and realising that my thoughts, feelings and experiences are not unique to me.
According to my consultant I can easily see well enough to drive but I still feel like I would be a danger to other road users. I can't stand sunlight or headlights and my night vision is lousy, but my main reason is that I've lost that instinctive reaction of believing what my eyes tell me. Even all this time after my grafts I still automatically seek confirmation from other sources that things are as my eyes tell me they are, and that would cut my reaction time right down. I hope that makes sense to you and you don't all think I've gone loopy.
It is perhaps easier for me because I've never driven and we chose this house with me in mind (good bus route, handy for local amenities etc), but I know that isn't the case for everyone.
I know exactly what you mean about the frustration of no one not really getting what it is like to have KC. Until I found this place last weekend I'd never spoken to anyone else who has KC. I've had a few 'wow' moments reading other people's posts and realising that my thoughts, feelings and experiences are not unique to me.
According to my consultant I can easily see well enough to drive but I still feel like I would be a danger to other road users. I can't stand sunlight or headlights and my night vision is lousy, but my main reason is that I've lost that instinctive reaction of believing what my eyes tell me. Even all this time after my grafts I still automatically seek confirmation from other sources that things are as my eyes tell me they are, and that would cut my reaction time right down. I hope that makes sense to you and you don't all think I've gone loopy.
It is perhaps easier for me because I've never driven and we chose this house with me in mind (good bus route, handy for local amenities etc), but I know that isn't the case for everyone.
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