If you don't wear glasses (or contact lenses) then you are in a minority. I am in this minority and I find it worrying. Who would have thought that all of those

If you don't wear glasses (or contact lenses) then you are in a minority. I am in this minority and I find it worrying. Who would have thought that all of those long walks home would be beneficial? I think that cycling helps my eyesight. If I cycle in to town then, for survival reasons, I am fully testing out my eyes. It does not matter what time of day this is, going through traffic or rolling home late at night on empty roads, I am really working those eyes. I get to look to the far horizon as well as those quick glances over the shoulder. Thinking about it, I cannot think of a better eye exercise! As well as the normal light I also get enhanced levels of UV reflected from the road during the summer months.Normally we try to bar UV with glazing so I am just rebalancing the spectrum if non-visible light is bouncing off the tarmac. So, if I was calling the shots here on planet earth I would mandate that all children cycle to school. For comedy value I would make the punishment for those that drove their kids in be harsh - eyes scooped out and donated to medical science. For now, in the run up to the introduction of that I would want public information campaigns that just tell parents that driving their kids to school makes them go blind, which is totally true.