Riding w/ one eye.

[Mandle]

Does anyone ride using only one eye?

A friend of mine recently lost vision in one eye, and he has been itching to go riding. I told him to try riding in a parking lot to see how he feels.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[moto-rama]

Does anyone ride using only one eye?

A friend of mine recently lost vision in one eye, and he has been itching to go riding. I told him to try riding in a parking lot to see how he feels.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Aside from the fact that his vision is reduced by 50%, he'll have a lack of peripheral vision on the blind side.

Depth perception is dependent on having both eyes as well. But he may be able to compensate somehow.

My advice: He should try riding away from traffic to start with, someplace where he won't be a danger to others. If it isn't too weird, then what the hell.

 

[n8]

i can barely drive with 1 eye...

 

[Spec-ECU]

I wouldn't do it. You've lost a whole lot more than just your "vision" when you lose use of an eye; depth perception, field of vision, spatial localization. One eye's just not gonna be enough to relay all necessary visual information for your brain to react as needed and appropriately for something as high-risk as operating a motorcycle.

 

[V4]

if he lost it recently, i'd tell him to hold off 6 months to a year until his other eye begins to adopt and regenerate itself making up the loss...

he's also gonna have to get familiar with his senses and perceptions and really turning his head more often...

best of luck to him..

 

[Beauregard]

Yes. But not anymore.

I used to drink a lot. As in so much I used one eye to keep the world from swirling.

 

[Thateguhate]

I wouldn't. Shit, sometimes two aint enough!

 

[gnstalodz]

tell him to sit down and start riding.

He'll learn to work with one eye, he just needs to train

 

[DYTB]

I'd suggest they get a dirt bike and putt-around in a field somewhere with some obstacles. I'm not a person to say what another should do, but if it were me in that situation, I'd say my street riding days would be officially over because the chance of a major screw-up with 100's of left/right & faster/slower calculations to make every minute would simply "have-to" end ugly at some point.

 

[HappyHighwayman]

FYI you still get some monocular cues for "depth perception" with only one eye...close one eye and tell me you can't still tell how deep things go.

But it's an interesting question!

 

[Ghost8475]

Aside from the fact that his vision is reduced by 50%, he'll have a lack of peripheral vision on the blind side.

Depth perception is dependent on having both eyes as well. But he may be able to compensate somehow.

My advice: He should try riding away from traffic to start with, someplace where he won't be a danger to others. If it isn't too weird, then what the hell.

Pretty much this... I would let some time pass though before he gets back on the bike simply to get used to only having one eye though. Other than that, as long as he is legally cleared to ride, I say go for it

 

[Phaedrus]

I think alot of your depth perception comes back with only one eye. Maybe he should wait until he's good and adjusted before riding?

 

[ThumperX]

My SO lost the vision in his right eye back in 2007.

Hasn't stopped him and no you don't lose 50% of your vision, and no you don't lose all of your depth perception, Your eyes supply inputs into your brain. While 2 eyes are for sure better than 1 your brain adjusts to the lack of inputs from the missing eye.

OP you are welcome to PM us or have your friend contact us. It isn't that scary and he/she will adjust faster than they can imagine.

 

[weasel]

Pinging Valgar.

 

[180yzfr1]

My SO lost the vision in his right eye back in 2007.

Hasn't stopped him and no you don't lose 50% of your vision, and no you don't lose all of your depth perception, Your eyes supply inputs into your brain. While 2 eyes are for sure better than 1 your brain adjusts to the lack of inputs from the missing eye.

OP you are welcome to PM us or have your friend contact us. It isn't that scary and he/she will adjust faster than they can imagine.

right eye as well. depth perception was/is off. have just made events more of timed reaction if that makes sense. would never think about stopping riding.

 

[ThumperX]

right eye as well. depth perception was/is off. have just made events more of timed reaction if that makes sense. would never think about stopping riding.

Recent injury? The instincts return they just need to adjust. Welding has presented a greater challenge than riding.

 

[JO EBRMC]

I know two people who've lost one eye and both of them are better riders than I am.

All of the people who've said it can't/shouldn't be done are speaking from inexperience.

 

[ThumperX]

I know two people who've lost one eye and both of them are better riders than I am.

All of the people who've said it can't/shouldn't be done are speaking from inexperience.

yep

 

[serazin]

I had an uncle who lost an eye and rode his knuckle head for the next twenty years.

He rode across the country twice with only one peeper.

 

[180yzfr1]

Recent injury? The instincts return they just need to adjust. Welding has presented a greater challenge than riding.

life long deal. instincts is a better way of putting it, the instincts are not there so i pick points of reference. points seem to help me adjust better, if that makes sense. welding haha, same thing.