Way to go emma
It is good to know that thirty years after I was a student, people ar still pulling all buggters at exam time.
Have a good sleep!
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Andrew MacLean
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Lisa Nixon
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I never drive at night. Although I am at the legal line on the eye chart, I know I don't see as well at night and the distortion from head/street lights is really bad with the stitches in my right eye. I can't guarantee I could see someone if they stepped into the road and as I drive a Shogun they wouldn't have a chance. It is limiting in some ways but if I need to go anywhere after dark my hubby or friends take me. It's a bit like being a vampire in reverse! Also I find that my eyes can be tired some days or the vision just doesn't seem to be as good, in which case I don't drive either. As I don't work - mostly due to KC I don't have the pressure to get from A to B, but I do keep my horses 5 miles away from April to November and they have to be checked twice a day so it can be stressful knowing I have to get there when I know I'm having a " Bad eye day". I have never declared my KC to DVLA - we have manx driving licences over here anyway. I did read somewhere that you can get yellow tinted sunglasses which are supposed to help with the glare of oncoming headlights. They seem to be getting much brighter these days or is that just me? Tubs
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Andrew MacLean
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I don't think its just you. a number of things have happened.
there are more SUV's on the road. these have headlights that are set far higher than the standard, and even dipped, they shine into the eyes of the drives of oncoming vehicles.
more and more people are driving cars with higher intensity headlights. these, even dipped, are brighter in the eyes of oncoming vehicles.
I don't know anybody who is not affected by the increase in oncoming light polution. How the folks with cataracts manage, I do not know!
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there are more SUV's on the road. these have headlights that are set far higher than the standard, and even dipped, they shine into the eyes of the drives of oncoming vehicles.
more and more people are driving cars with higher intensity headlights. these, even dipped, are brighter in the eyes of oncoming vehicles.
I don't know anybody who is not affected by the increase in oncoming light polution. How the folks with cataracts manage, I do not know!
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Hey there! Hoping the exam went well!
Everyone above has stated the required vision needed, i just need to add that YES you do need to tell the DVLA. If you don't tell them or your insurance company, then should the worst happen you may not be covered.
You may also have to take a visual field test as wlll as being able to read the chart. This is a relatively easy test where you have to follow a red light around a shaded screen with both eyes, and click the buzzer when you see a white light out of the corner of your eye. If you need to take the test the DVLA will inform you and will pay for it! They will send you details of the nearest opticians to you who take them and then you need to make an appointment. Whatever the results the optometrist will send it to the DVLA. If like me you are desperate to know, you can ask as i was told i had passed because i begged her to put me out of my misery!! LOL!
Hoping it all goes well!!
Take care, Sweet X x X
Everyone above has stated the required vision needed, i just need to add that YES you do need to tell the DVLA. If you don't tell them or your insurance company, then should the worst happen you may not be covered.
You may also have to take a visual field test as wlll as being able to read the chart. This is a relatively easy test where you have to follow a red light around a shaded screen with both eyes, and click the buzzer when you see a white light out of the corner of your eye. If you need to take the test the DVLA will inform you and will pay for it! They will send you details of the nearest opticians to you who take them and then you need to make an appointment. Whatever the results the optometrist will send it to the DVLA. If like me you are desperate to know, you can ask as i was told i had passed because i begged her to put me out of my misery!! LOL!
Hoping it all goes well!!
Take care, Sweet X x X
Sweet X x X
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GarethB
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Asylumxl,
The license application is poorly worded regarding sight. Where loss of sight is refered to, it is not asking are you blind; Yes or No.
Anyone with a sight problem has a loss of vision, it is a case of which ones are reported.
My brother was honest when he applied and said he was short sighted whcih was corretced with glasses. Basically the DVLA are trying to make sure they issue licences to people who can see where they are going. If my brother does not have his glasses on, he is not legal to drive, just like I am not without my lenses.
The best case is to declare all, even to motor insurance. I have always declared KC and as far as they are concenrned it is corrected either with glasses or contact lenses. As long as my sight is corrrected to the legal requirments then I am insured to drive. Same applies if you need glasses to drive.
The license application is poorly worded regarding sight. Where loss of sight is refered to, it is not asking are you blind; Yes or No.
Anyone with a sight problem has a loss of vision, it is a case of which ones are reported.
My brother was honest when he applied and said he was short sighted whcih was corretced with glasses. Basically the DVLA are trying to make sure they issue licences to people who can see where they are going. If my brother does not have his glasses on, he is not legal to drive, just like I am not without my lenses.
The best case is to declare all, even to motor insurance. I have always declared KC and as far as they are concenrned it is corrected either with glasses or contact lenses. As long as my sight is corrrected to the legal requirments then I am insured to drive. Same applies if you need glasses to drive.
Gareth
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Emma_Marie
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Hey guys 
Well i went to the optician yesterday and he told me, that yes I am legal to drive as long as I'm wearing my lenses - without i'm a liability apparently! lol! I also had some kind of field vision test which basically tested how far i could see around me - passed that 2. The only problem he said was that my right eye my cause me problems in the future if it deteriates anymore (can only make out a bleary A on the chart!) but thankfully my eyes have stabilised at the moment. I've applied 4 my licence, fotos taken and all!
Must dash, still revisin 4 exams - 2 more 2 go b4 i discover the outside world again!
Emma
Well i went to the optician yesterday and he told me, that yes I am legal to drive as long as I'm wearing my lenses - without i'm a liability apparently! lol! I also had some kind of field vision test which basically tested how far i could see around me - passed that 2. The only problem he said was that my right eye my cause me problems in the future if it deteriates anymore (can only make out a bleary A on the chart!) but thankfully my eyes have stabilised at the moment. I've applied 4 my licence, fotos taken and all!
Must dash, still revisin 4 exams - 2 more 2 go b4 i discover the outside world again!
Emma
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well, I'm from NI, I've been driving for 12+ years, heh I got mine the year or so before they brought out the writen exam but I had KC a few yrs before I sat the test ... each time I go to the clinic I still ask my doctor if I'm still good to go - he's always said yes and informed me that the eye-test is basic and based on both eyes, not just one, bc I've always been concerned the sight in my left as before I got this scleral my sight in that eye was never up to scratch.
Don't know if this will help but according to him, its your overall vision, not each eye seperately and on the app form it asks, do you wear specs or lenses to correct your vision to standard... I ticked yes and have never been asked to sit a follow up eye-test even when I renewed my license over a yr ago (10yrs was up), I declared I had KC again on the renewal form (I just penned a note on the form) but could see well enough and that seemed alright bc I got my new license in the post a week later!
Don't know if this will help but according to him, its your overall vision, not each eye seperately and on the app form it asks, do you wear specs or lenses to correct your vision to standard... I ticked yes and have never been asked to sit a follow up eye-test even when I renewed my license over a yr ago (10yrs was up), I declared I had KC again on the renewal form (I just penned a note on the form) but could see well enough and that seemed alright bc I got my new license in the post a week later!
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