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Table 1.

Global colour vision requirements for obtaining a driving license (except the USA and Southeast Asia).

Country	Colour vision requirements	Further recommendations
Australia¹²	Not specified	Ophthalmologists and optometrists should advise drivers with significant colour vision deficiency about the impact on reaction to signal lights and necessary adaptations while driving.
New Zealand¹³	Not specified	Practitioners should advise drivers on impact of colour vision on driving.
United Kingdom¹⁴	Group 1 (car and motorcycle) and Group 2 (bus and lorry) drivers with colour vision deficiency need not notify the DVLA	Nil
European Union¹⁵	Not specified	Nil
Poland¹⁶	Commercial drivers only Able to distinguish red, green and yellow colours	Nil
Hong Kong¹⁷	Not specified	Nil
People's republic of China¹⁸	Required but not specified	Nil
Taiwan¹⁹	All drivers Able to distinguish red, yellow and green	Nil
Japan²⁰	Not specified	Nil
India²¹	Commercial drivers only Exclude severe colour vision deficiency, but test not specified	Suggestions for traffic lights to be made colour vision friendly as per the International Commission on Illumination
Canada²²	Not specified	The Canada Medical Association (CMA) and Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) recommend that drivers are made aware of their colour deficiencies by their doctors.
South America²³	Not specified	Drivers with the International Driving Permit (IDP) obtained from the American Automobile Association (AAA) allowed to drive
South Africa²⁴	Not specified	Nil
Kenya²⁵	Not specified	Nil