No Tony, the geography is purely coincidental. It's more to do with ability to see colours being inversely proportional to wealth, wit, charm, looks and sexual prowess ;)

I'm colour blind too. Chicken I haven't seen the text but would presume it would be the standard colour dots with numbers? Ther wqs a post on thsi not so long ago.

You must have some weird traffic lights round your way :D

I've done my eyesight test and failed the colour-blindness part. I can never do the specular tests (spotty books) although on chatting to the optician she said that the books are very sensitive and will pick up very slight colour blindness.

It's very common for males to be colour blind - it's something to do with the hormones - and I'm sure we won't be the first lot that the ACU have had through the door!

The test will probably be no more than a "point at the green flag and not the red one" kind of thing at some later date.

It does have its good point though. If a women wears a certain colour, don't ask me what because I don't know what colour it is. It looks as if she has nothing on;)

i know its unlikely to happen but was trying to explain the difficulties i have with coloured lights at distance--------other than colour blindness i have perfect vision-never had to wear glasses or anything- well proof of that is that i hold three international titles for rifle shooting!!when i was in the TA i use to pop ballons at and over 600yds with a AI snipers rifle -- not blowin me own trumpet but trying to explain the frustration i feel at times---can you imagine officer saying "shoot the green light"- which green light sir?:mad: