The witness was allegedly suffering from advanced glaucoma at the time of the crime, severely limiting visibility. Surveillance video from the scene also revealed the eyewitness was much farther away than he initially claimed to be, according to the Exoneration Project.
So what does it means “Legally blind” if he can drive and read? What’s the threshold to be considered legally blind?
Found this definition;
You can be legally blind with tunnel vision, i.e. you can see directly ahead, but nothing out of the corner of your eye.
That sound dangerous when doing something other than reading. Even walking could be a problem without having peripheral view.
He has lost most of his eyesight in one eye due to a childhood illness. He does have a driver’s license, but it says “legally blind” on it. Legally blind just means you can still see, just not that clearly. It can include all kinds of other eye conditions that don’t make you actually blind.
Ok, I understand. Thank you for your explanation. I live in Europe and I’m not sure we have something like that here. I think that if you can’t see very well you can either drive with glasses or be denied to drive.