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Benedict Arnold

You're driving along the highway and the prescription, on your eyeglasses, expires. What do you do?

Posted - February 14, 2017
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  •   February 14, 2017 1:55 PM MST
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  • Good call.

      February 14, 2017 1:57 PM MST
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  • I'd fire up my Optometrist app and search for updates.

    But a scarier scenario: I'm driving down the highway and I get an optical migraine and my vision expires. I pull over -- immediately -- and prepare to spend a couple of hours being shouted at by passing motorists.
      February 14, 2017 2:04 PM MST
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  • That doesn't sound good!
      February 14, 2017 7:33 PM MST
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  • It's not. Fortunately it hasn't happened when I've been driving but I'd have no hesitation in stopping. A blind man has no right to be in control of a car.
      February 14, 2017 7:48 PM MST
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  • I agree completely.
      February 14, 2017 7:51 PM MST
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  • 6023
    Nothing.  I just keep driving.

    It's not like your glasses or contacts instantly disappear, when they no longer fit your actual prescription needs.
    For most people, it's a gradual process ... and you don't even realize how bad your old prescription was, until you get a new one.  LOL This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at February 14, 2017 7:46 PM MST
      February 14, 2017 3:39 PM MST
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  • I see. Sounds logical and sensible enough. Thanks for your insight.
      February 14, 2017 7:49 PM MST
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  • 1713
    I would probably keep trying to drive and get pulled over like that time I got a migraine while driving and my vision went all wonky..
      February 14, 2017 6:28 PM MST
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  • Those are nasty. I completely lose vision when that happens. My only option is to pull over.
      February 14, 2017 6:30 PM MST
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  • 1713
    Yeah, apparently I was driving a bit like a drunk. I was trying to get home before the pain set in because I was really close and it was like 3am so I was the only person on the road, aside from the cop that magically materialized behind me.
      February 14, 2017 6:59 PM MST
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  • Oh my! I guess I've never had a migraine then! Thanks for your reply, Patchouli.
      February 14, 2017 7:41 PM MST
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  • 8214
    Funny how that happened to coincide with the 6 pack of beer you just drank.  jajajajaja
      February 14, 2017 7:11 PM MST
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  • Well, that can't be it!  I drank two of them before I got out of the driveway!
      February 14, 2017 7:43 PM MST
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  • 7683
    It's during these times that I feel dogs are superior.....how nice it would be if we could sniff our way out;))
      February 14, 2017 7:47 PM MST
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  • A powerful statement, Veenka. :)
      February 15, 2017 6:30 AM MST
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  • 3719
    It wouldn't make much difference to me, as the spectacles don't just "expire" and eyesight usually drifts slowly anyway; but my opticians send me a nice appointment invitation a couple of weeks to so prior to my bi-annual eye-tests.
      April 1, 2017 5:59 PM MDT
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