The Danger of Wearing an Anorak

Campaigns to reduce road traffic accidents have paid little attention to the way headgear could interfere with vision. Binocular visual field measurement was undertaken in six healthy volunteers wearing four different types of anorak. All four anoraks greatly reduced the horizontal and superior fiel...

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Published inJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol. 95; no. 4; pp. 192 - 193
Main Authors Cheung, Chui M G, Durrani, Omar M, Lim, Ming S, Ramchandani, Mahesh, Banerjee, Somnath, Murray, Philip I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2002
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Summary:Campaigns to reduce road traffic accidents have paid little attention to the way headgear could interfere with vision. Binocular visual field measurement was undertaken in six healthy volunteers wearing four different types of anorak. All four anoraks greatly reduced the horizontal and superior field of vision. The anorak producing the worst reduction resulted in a width of vision of 99° and only 15° of vision above eye level, versus 167° and 52° respectively without an anorak. Anorak wearers should turn their heads to look sideways before crossing the road.
ISSN:0141-0768
1758-1095
DOI:10.1177/014107680209500407