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People with monocular vision were accepted to have sufficient sight in the better or other eye to drive cars and two-wheelers. People like Moshe Dayan, late Israeli minister, had monocular vision and have emerged as expert pilots and shooters. In India, campaigns to declare monocular visioned people eligible to drive vehicles began eight years ago. It continues to be a dream.”M Radhakrishnan, former director of the government ophthalmology hospital, said the only disadvantage for people with monocular vision is that their field of vision will be slightly less. “Medical boards in government hospitals, including the Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Chennai, are not ready to issue medical certificates to us,” said P Balakrishnan of Chennai..