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Driving with Low Vision Literature

Eli's book: driving with confidence. click here to read the first chapter and preface

Driving with Confidence
Is a book by Dr. Eli Peli and Doron Peli that describes the legal and technical issues associated with low vision driving.

Download Samples from this book:
Preface [PDF 25 KB]
Contents [PDF 42 KB]
Chapter 1 [PDF 55 KB]

Read published reviews of this book:
Optometry (2004) 75(12)
[PDF 412 KB]
Optom Vis Sci 79(12): 750-751
[PDF 128 KB]
CE Optom 5(2): 41-72
[HTML]
Vis Impair Res 3(2): 129-132
[PDF 44 KB]
Maximizing Human Potential 10(2) 5,8
[Content PDF 1 MB]
Large file size. Click Here for instructions on how to download.

Driving Videos

Boston ABC affiliate WCVB Channel 5 featured the Peli Lab's work on Low Vision Driving. The following links are taken from various Channel 5 Media:

Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs featured one woman's success with Bioptic Telescopes. Click here for a discription and to download the video.

Click the following link to view a video clip taken from "Hope In Sight: Living With Macular Degeneration", a video that describes visual aids for macular degeneration patients. This video was produced in colaboration with the New England Research Institute in Watertown, MA under NEI grant R43 EY12443.
In 2003, "Hope In Sight" won a Telly Award.

Driving Publications

  • Bowers AR, Bronstad M, Spano LP, Goldstein RB, Peli E (2019) The effects of age and central field loss on head scanning and detection at intersections. Submitted, PDF not yet available

  • Luo G, Peli E. (2011) Recording and automated analysis of naturalistic bioptic driving, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. Submitted, PDF not yet available

  • Bowers AR, Tant M, Peli E. (2011) Driving with hemianopia, 3: Oblique peripheral prisms improve on-road detection performance. Submitted, PDF not yet available

  • Doherty AL, Bowers AR, Luo G, Peli E. (2011) Object detection in the ring scotoma of a monocular bioptic telescope. Archives of Ophthalmology. Submitted, PDF not yet available

  • Fu X, Luo G, Peli E. (2011) Tracking telescope aiming point for bioptic driving surveillance. International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'09). In press, PDF not yet available

  • Fu X, Luo G, Peli E. (2010) Telescope aiming point tracking method for bioptic driving surveillance. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 18(6): 628-636 [PDF 2.96 MB]

  • Bowers AR, Mandel AJ, Goldstein RB, Peli E. (2010) Driving with hemianopia, 2: Lane position and steering in a driving simulator. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 51(12): 6605-6613 [PDF 816 KB]

  • Bowers AR, Mandel AJ, Goldstein RB, Peli, E. (2009) Driving with hemianopia, I: detection performance in a driving simulator. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 50(11): 5137-5147 [PDF 1.02 MB]

  • Doherty A, Bowers A, Woods RL, Peli E. (2008) Is the ring scotoma of a monocular telescope present when viewing binocularly? Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 2008. [PDF 264 KB]

  • Mandel A, Bowers A, Goldstein R, Peli E. (2008) Vehicle handling skills of drivers with hemianopia: a simulator assessment. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Low Vision, Vision 2008. [PDF 229 KB]

  • Peli E, Vargas-Martin F. (2008) In-the-spectacle-lens telescopic device. Journal of Biomedical Optics 2008; 13: 034027; DOI:10.1117/1.2940360 [PDF 789 KB]

  • Peli E. (2008) Driving with low vision: who, where, when, and why. In: Albert and Jokobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, Robert Massof, editor, 3rd Ed. Vol.4 Elsevier pp. 5369-5376, 2008. [PDF 1.16 MB]

  • Kooijman AC, Melis-Dankers BJM, Peli E, Brouwer WH, Pijnakker P, Van Delden G, Van Pluuren E, Van Iddekinge B, Derksen P, Wanders I, Witvliet JMD, Busscher RB, Bredewoud RA, De Vries J, Van Rosmalen JHM, Postema FJ. (2008) The introduction of bioptic driving in the Netherlands. Vis Impair Res 10: 1-6, 2008 [PDF 150 KB]

  • Larkin H. (2007) When should a visually impaired patient stop driving? Eurotimes 12(12): 23 [PDF 44 KB]

  • Mandel AJ, Bowers AR, Goldstein RB, Peli E. (2007) Analysis of driving behavior where it matters. In: Proceedings of the Driving Simulator Conference (DSC) North America 2007: 181-190 [PDF 469 KB]

  • Mandel AJ, Goldstein RB. Driving with low vision. Dialogue: A world of ideas for visually impaired people of all ages. 44(1):41-46 [PDF 1.63 MB]

  • Bowers A, Peli E, Elgin J, McGwin G, Owsley C (2005) Assessing driving performance with moderate visual field loss. Proceedings of the 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design on June 27-30, 2005, in Rockport, Maine. [PDF 51 KB]

  • Peli E, Bowers A, Mandel A, Higgins K, Goldstein R, Bobrow L. (2005) The design of driving simulator performance evaluations for driving with vision impairments and visual aids. Transportation Research Report: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1937, 128-135. [PDF 1.7 MB]

  • Bowers AR, Apfelbaum DH, Peli E. (2005) Bioptic telescopes meet the needs of drivers with moderate visual acuity loss. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 46(1): 66-74 [PDF 142 KB]

  • Bowers A, Peli E, Elgin J, McGwin G, Owsley C (2004) On-Road Driving with Moderate Visual Field Loss. Optometry and Vision Science. 82(8):657-667 [PDF 700 KB]

  • Sodhi M, Reimer B, Tant M, Peli E, Bowers A, Woods RL, Higgins K, Turco P. (2003) Driver performance evaluation: Considerations underlying selection and design of routes. Vision in Vehicles X, Elsivier Sciences Publishers B.V. Amsterdam. In press. [PDF 248 KB]

  • Peli E. (2002) Low vision Driving in the USA: who, where, when, and why. CE Optometry, 5(2): 54-58. [PDF 376 KB]

  • Peli, E. Visual field requirements in the USA. Vision in Vehicles IX, Elsevier Sciences Publishers B.V. Amsterdam. In Press [PDF 124 KB]

  • Prisms restore lost peripheral vision. First Report. May 2001. Englander Communications. [PDF 700 KB]

Driving with Bioptic Telescopes

Bioptic telescopes enable macular disease patients to retain their driving privileges and their independence. Click the following link to see an article on this topic.

click on the image to read an article about bioptic telescopes

For information about driving with bioptic telescopes go to:
www.biopticdriving.org/index.htm

Click the following for a facsimile of a page displayed on
AMD.org, a Web site dedicated to AMD. The page addresses the issue of driving with low vision and driving cessation due to low vision.

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