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#288935 - 02/01/2007 22:52 Re: Oh Bollards! [Re: Schido]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Some news regarding the LED CatsEyes- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/6226285.stm Quote: Claims that a new type of cat's eye, installed on a stretch of the A12 in Essex, could trigger epileptic fits, have prompted an investigation. _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#288936 - 03/01/2007 09:00 Re: Oh Bollards! [Re: Robotic]
boxer pooh-bah Registered: 16/04/2002 Posts: 2011 Loc: Yorkshire UK	I know this stretch of the A12 because my TomTom tried to direct me to make an illegal turn to go to the village of Capel St. Mary: Maybe that's why it's an accident black spot! _________________________ Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
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#288937 - 03/01/2007 10:00 Re: Oh Bollards! [Re: boxer]
tahir pooh-bah Registered: 27/02/2004 Posts: 1914 Loc: London	Not seen them on my section of the A12.
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#288938 - 03/01/2007 12:50 Re: Oh Bollards! [Re: Robotic]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	Quote: Claims that a new type of cat's eye, installed on a stretch of the A12 in Essex, could trigger epileptic fits, have prompted an investigation. What is someone prone to epileptic fits doing with a driving licence? They took my friend's off her when she was diagnosed, and quite bloody right too. Peter
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#288939 - 03/01/2007 16:08 Re: Oh Bollards! [Re: peter]
canuckInOR carpal tunnel Registered: 13/02/2002 Posts: 3212 Loc: Portland, OR	Quote: Quote: Claims that a new type of cat's eye, installed on a stretch of the A12 in Essex, could trigger epileptic fits, have prompted an investigation. What is someone prone to epileptic fits doing with a driving licence? They took my friend's off her when she was diagnosed, and quite bloody right too. Maybe they haven't been diagnosed yet? Your friend did have a licence before it was taken away, after all.
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#288940 - 03/01/2007 16:21 Re: Oh Bollards! [Re: peter]
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	Quote: Quote: Claims that a new type of cat's eye, installed on a stretch of the A12 in Essex, could trigger epileptic fits, have prompted an investigation. What is someone prone to epileptic fits doing with a driving licence? They took my friend's off her when she was diagnosed, and quite bloody right too. The rules vary, and there is always a DVLA doctor deciding, but in general if you have only night seizures for a year then you can have your licence back, most other types you need to be seizure-free for three years. I would have thought that the epilepsy which is triggered through puslating light would be quite serious, because sunlight through trees and headlamps through a central reservation fence could be a trigger. I have seen those types of cats eyes on the Farnborough/Fleet road (I think it's a route the TRL use), and to be honest the flickering was quite distracting even for a non-epileptic, as you would imagine as it they get closer to the car the flickering is more noticeable and it could be quite mesmorising in certain circumstances. Gareth
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