Driving and vision loss

hmm not sure how that works----best of luck to you
i know my dad had same old doctor for about 30 yrs --now dad couldnt see squat--as he put it"blind in one eye and cant see out of the other"
but the old guy kept passing him on his vision test up until his 70's

 

Memorize an eye chart and go for it!

 

I worked at a company once that a the yard jockey only had vision in one eye. He was able to do his job fine, but became disqualified when they need him to cross or go down the road with a trailer. With no depth perception, I don't think you can legally qualify.

 

I know of someone with a nerve damaged eye who drives, but they are limited to intrastate driving only, and no hazmat endorsement allowed.

You have my sympathies about your eye problems. Best of luck.

 

Straight from the medical examiners certificate.

Standard: At least 20/40 acuity (Snellen) in each eye with or without correction. At least 70 degrees peripheral in horizontal meridian​

measured in each eye. The use of corrective lenses should be noted on the Medical Examiner's Certificate.


INSTRUCTIONS:

When other than the Snellen chart is used, give test results in Snellen-comparable values. In recording distance vision, use 20 feet as normal. Report visual acuity as a ratio with 20 as numerator and the smallest type read at 20 feet as denominator. If the applicant wears corrective lenses, these should be worn while visual acuity is being tested. If the driver habitually wears contact lenses, or intends to do so while driving, sufficient evidence of good tolerance and adaptation to their use must be obvious. Monocular drivers are not qualified.​

 

Lots of drivers are grandfathered in, like the person I spoke of, to be certain.

 

Would you rather not drive, or kill someone because you don't really see well enough to drive safely?

 

I really doubt that you can be grandfathered in for something that says is an exclusion, unless a specific waiver is given, and those are very difficult to get.