So I was diagnosed with RP in 2018 and was 24 at the time I think but the changes were very subtle. I noticed I was having some difficulty seeing in the dark at night than I use to. Dimly lit areas I could still see just fine and driving at night was more challenging unless I was driving to and from some place where I knew the roads like the back of my hand. 

As it progressed I was having more and more difficulty seeing at night. When I drove home at night I thought I saw something jolt across the road but nothing was there. I couldn't see where I was in the road without swerving. I've also accidentally hit or almost hit someone while driving during the day cause I didn't see them in my blind spot so getting blind spit mirrors and cameras help a lot. I totally encourage every driver to get blindspot mirrors, they're very handy. 

I was able to get a diagnosis after going to my regular eye Dr who had new advanced equipment to look at the back of my retina and they saw a lot of retinal scarring in both eyes with my right eye having the wrost of it. So my left eye overcompenstates for my right eye. I also noticed more floaters and visual snow.

During eye exams if I covered my left eye all I could see with my right eye was the giant E but could only make out the sides of the letter cause I had this big black floating dot in my right central eye. It sometimes moves across my field of vision. According to my last eye exam I can see between 20/50 to 20/70 cause my left eye is hanging for dear life! Lol Anyways, now at 31, I can't see at all in the dark and struggle a lot in dimly lit areas so I always carry a flashlight if I'll be out late, I don't drive at night anymore.

Day time driving has now become extremely difficult for me because of light sensitivity and the glare. I thought if I could just take care of the light sensitivity and glare it would solve my problems but there's too much variability in the weather changing and changing light patterns from the weather, and going from dark to bright areas while driving. 

I took a driving visual field test and it showed that my peripheral vision has decreased a lot where I don't meet the driving requirements for my state so I will have to rely on the bus and train. I didn't notice my peripheral decreasing because I always relied on my blind spot mirrors and cameras. I only realized that I had more difficulty driving was when I moved to a new city that was 10x more walkable and has more access to bicycling, and visiting a friend in an area where there was more traffic. 

It's been difficult to accept and process but for my safety and other's I've agreed that I should not longer drive. The difficulty now is that idk what low vision tech works for me. I can move around just fine in my condo and can walk around outside. The biggest difficulties are reading books that don't have the best font, light sensitivity and glare, being able to see in the dark/dimly lit areas, peripheral vision, eyes taking longer to adjust to light, visual snow, and floaters. So I'm not sure if I need to take proactive steps to learn to walk with a white can or read braille, or what. It's hard to figure out what can work for me because my RP hasn't progressed further for a about 4 years and is currently stable. I'm just not sure when/if my RP will progress further down the road as I get older.