Applicants for a driver’s license must have a verified visual acuity better than 20/200 (best corrected) in at least one eye before they can get a license. To pass the DMV vision screening test at a DMV field office, the applicant must be able to read with 20/40 vision with both eyes, and: at least 20/50 with both the right and left eye separately or 20/40 with one eye and no worse than 20/70 with the other. Valdivia Aguilar explained that the DMV is required to administer a vision screening exam to all driver’s license applicants, pursuant to California Vehicle Code section 12804.9(a)(1)(E). This will cause a problem passing the eye test unless something changes.”Ī: On the Road reached out to the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Public Affairs office and heard back from spokeswoman Cristina Valdivia Aguilar, who explained the process for getting a license in California with regards to vision testing. Banker specifically asked, “With our cataracts removed and new lenses implanted with one eye for distance and the other eye for close-up, how will this affect our reading test at the DMV when we renew our drivers license? When we cover up the distance eye, we won’t be able to read the chart with our close-up eye. Q: Wayne Banker had a question about a person’s vision with regards to the California driver’s license test.
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