It is not known whether Dr McGovern knew anything of Mr Spooner’s driving history. It was not September 2010 that information relating to the nature of Mr Spooner’s driving task was sought by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for the first time. Mr Spooner furnished this information on a form that was sent to him and on which he revealed that he drove a one-tonne Mitsubishi van as a courier, carrying and delivering small parcels for approximately 8 hours per day between the hours of 7am and 5:30pm to all areas. Since the events of September 2010, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles imposed further conditions on Mr Spooner’s licence. The evidence of Professor Stephen Dain Professor Stephen Dain is the Director of the Optics and Radiometry Laboratory at the of and Vision Services at the . Professor Dain is a registered optometrist. He was employed by the from 1976 to 2006. From 1978 to 2006 he was fully responsible for the teaching of occupational and environmental optometry, which deals with the interaction of eyes and vision with the environment, including issues relating to vision and driving. Professor Dain is an independent expert. He was originally engaged by SAPOL to provide an expert report in relation to the fatal accident in question. He provided two reports to SAPOL, one dated 15 May 2007 and the other dated 22 April 2010. Professor Dain was also called by the Director of Public Prosecutions to give expert testimony in Mr Spooner’s criminal in the District Court. A further expert report was sought from Professor Dain by counsel assisting the State Coroner in the light of the issues that arose in this Inquest. That report is dated 2 March 2011. Professor Dain has at no time examined Mr Spooner. When Professor Dain prepared his original reports in 2007 and 2010 respectively, and at the time he gave evidence in the criminal in 2010, he acted on the assumption that Mr Spooner’s field of vision was 45 degrees bilaterally, that is to say 90 degrees totally, as had been reported by Dr Peters in June 2006. However, it will be remembered that Dr Raymond told this Court that Mr Spooner’s field of vision may have been something of the order of 120 degrees as tested by confrontation. The
It is not known whether Dr McGovern knew anything of Mr Spooner’s driving history. It was not September 2010 that information relating to the nature of Mr Spooner’s driving task was sought by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for the first time. Mr Spooner furnished this information on a form that was sent to him and on which he revealed that he drove a one-tonne Mitsubishi van as a courier, carrying and delivering small parcels for approximately 8 hours per day between the hours of 7am and 5:30pm to all areas. Since the events of September 2010, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles imposed further conditions on Mr Spooner’s licence. The evidence of Professor Stephen Dain Professor Stephen Dain is the Director of the Optics and Radiometry Laboratory at the of and Vision Services at the . Professor Dain is a registered optometrist. He was employed by the from 1976 to 2006. From 1978 to 2006 he was fully responsible for the teaching of occupational and environmental optometry, which deals with the interaction of eyes and vision with the environment, including issues relating to vision and driving. Professor Dain is an independent expert. He was originally engaged by SAPOL to provide an expert report in relation to the fatal accident in question. He provided two reports to SAPOL, one dated 15 May 2007 and the other dated 22 April 2010. Professor Dain was also called by the Director of Public Prosecutions to give expert testimony in Mr Spooner’s criminal in the District Court. A further expert report was sought from Professor Dain by counsel assisting the State Coroner in the light of the issues that arose in this Inquest. That report is dated 2 March 2011. Professor Dain has at no time examined Mr Spooner. When Professor Dain prepared his original reports in 2007 and 2010 respectively, and at the time he gave evidence in the criminal in 2010, he acted on the assumption that Mr Spooner’s field of vision was 45 degrees bilaterally, that is to say 90 degrees totally, as had been reported by Dr Peters in June 2006. However, it will be remembered that Dr Raymond told this Court that Mr Spooner’s field of vision may have been something of the order of 120 degrees as tested by confrontation. The
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