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A CONSULTANT eye surgeon, John Blake, at St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, has called upon the British Government to withdraw its opposition to EEC proposals raised in 1976 which recommended the replacement of toughened glass windscreens in all new vehicles with laminated glass.
In a recent article on "Road blindness" in the British Medical Journal, he stressed that there is a risk of serious eye injury to vehicle occupants when a toughened windscreen is shattered.
In spite of the reduction in perforated eye injuries, caused by seat-belt legislation, Mr Blake claimed that some vehicle occupants will continue to suffer eye damage from toughened wind screens shattered in collision or struck by a stone.
The advent of seat-belt legis lation in light vehicles has negated opposition to laminated screens that unrestrained vehicle occupants risk greater head injuries when striking a laminated screen than a toughened unit which invariably shatters upon impact.