Distance Glasses

Off the shelf distance glasses are very hard to find at your local chemist or opticians. At Southern Seas we try to solve this problem for you, by providing a wide range of quality distance glasses at reasonable prices

Durham Photochromic Distance Glasses

£28.89

Grantham Distance Glasses

£19.99

Epping Distance Glasses

£19.99

Sandhurst Photochromic Distance Glasses

£24.19

Sandhurst Distance Glasses

£20.69

Bath Photochromic Distance Glasses

£23.49

Southern Seas Peterborough Photochromic Distance Glasses

Peterborough Photochromic Grey Rimless Distance Glasses

£30.39

Berlin Tinted Grey Readers

£25.97

Bicester Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

£25.47

Epsom Computer Distance Glasses

£29.31

Epsom Distance Glasses

£27.31

Coventry Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

£26.33

Worcester Distance Glasses

£19.99

Southern Seas Jersey Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

The Jersey Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

£24.19

Southern Seas Edgeware Photochromic Distance Glasses

The Edgeware Photochromic Distance Glasses

£26.75

The Stretton Distance Glasses

£23.47

Hereford Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

£23.49

Leeds Photochromic Brown Distance Glasses

£30.17

Frome Tinted Grey Distance Glasses

£25.97

Trent Tinted Distance Glasses

£23.99

One Pair of Southern Seas Richmond Tinted Distance Glasses

Richmond Tinted Green Distance Glasses

£24.69

One Pair of Southern Seas Wick Distance Glasses

The Wick Distance Glasses

£19.99

Northumberland Ladies Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

£42.86

Lancaster Computer Distance Glasses

£25.47

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Can you drive wearing reading glasses?

Tony Brooks

Can you drive wearing reading glasses? The short answer is no.

Reading glasses are designed to correct for presbyopia, which is a big word for when the eye cannot focus properly on near objects.

Reading glasses (readers) are designed to give clarity to objects at a maximum distance of around one metre, or 3 feet. This corresponds to roughly an arm’s length, or the (greatest) distance at which you would hold a book, a phone or a menu away from your face.

Driving involves focusing on objects at a distance greater than one metre, e.g road signs, other cars, etc, therefore reading glasses are not recommended for use when driving.

The UK Driver and Vehicle Licence Agency (DVLA), sets out its driving eyesight rules here: https://www.gov.uk/driving-eyesight-rules

Essentially, they say that you need to be able to read a number plate at 20m in order to pass the eyesight part of the test. Note though, that different (higher) standards of vision are required for UK lorry and bus drivers, in order to pass the driving eyesight test.

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If you want to know more, here’s is a summary of what the DVLA say about eyesight rules on their website:

“You must wear glasses or contact lenses every time you drive if you need them to meet the standards of vision for driving. You must tell DVLA if you’ve got any problem with your eyesight that affects both of your eyes, or the remaining eye if you only have one eye. This doesn’t include being short or long sighted or colour blind. You also don’t need to say if you’ve had surgery to correct short sightedness and can meet the eyesight standards.

At the start of your practical driving test you have to correctly read a number plate on a parked vehicle. If you can’t, you’ll fail your driving test and the test won’t continue. DVLA will be told and your licence will be revoked. When you reapply for your driving licence, DVLA will ask you to have an eyesight test with DVSA. This will be at a driving test centre. If you’re successful, you’ll still have to pass the DVSA standard eyesight test at your next practical driving test.”

Distance Glasses

Durham Photochromic Distance Glasses

Grantham Distance Glasses

Epping Distance Glasses

Sandhurst Photochromic Distance Glasses

Sandhurst Distance Glasses

Bath Photochromic Distance Glasses

Peterborough Photochromic Grey Rimless Distance Glasses

Berlin Tinted Grey Readers

Bicester Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

Epsom Computer Distance Glasses

Epsom Distance Glasses

Coventry Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

Worcester Distance Glasses

The Jersey Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

The Edgeware Photochromic Distance Glasses

The Stretton Distance Glasses

Hereford Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

Leeds Photochromic Brown Distance Glasses

Frome Tinted Grey Distance Glasses

Trent Tinted Distance Glasses

Richmond Tinted Green Distance Glasses

The Wick Distance Glasses

Northumberland Ladies Photochromic Grey Distance Glasses

Lancaster Computer Distance Glasses

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