What should be the vision to get a driver's license?

Absolutely everyone, before starting to learn to drive, is required to obtain a medical certificate that secures his right to claim the title of driver. This rule applies not only to obtaining rights, but also to replacing them, if required.

The final decision on the issue is made by the medical commission, which evaluates your state of health. The opinion of experts will determine whether you can drive a vehicle.

Some of the possible reasons for being banned from driving will permanently disqualify you from driving. The most common barrier to medical clearance and clearance is visual impairment. There are many nuances that it is desirable to know in advance.

Doctor's eye examination

Directions in which the ophthalmologist should examine visual indicators:

• definition of visual acuity
• color perception test
• visual field study

Even restrictions on these parameters do not always become an unequivocal reason for a driving ban. You and subject to certain significant violations will have the right to drive.

Visual acuity

The most important indicator is vigilance. This fundamental factor, more than others, affects whether you get the opportunity to drive a car. It is diagnosed and evaluated using the so-called Sivtsev table, the value is set separately for each eye (first without corrective glasses, and then with them).

Positive results include:

• Visual acuity is not less than 0,6 for the good seeing / both eyes, and not less than 0,2 for the eye that sees worse.

Applies to driving category "B"

• In the limit of at least 0,8 units in one and 0,4 in the second eye.

For passenger and special vehicles classified as category "B"

• It should be at least 0,7 for both eyes, or higher than 0,8 - for the sighted eye and for the visually impaired - more than 0,4.

Condition for assigning category "C"

• Provided that one of the eyes is not sighted, the visual acuity of the other should be greater than 0,8 (without visual field disturbance and correction).

Distorted color vision

There was an opinion that people suffering from color blindness are dangerous on the road, because they can confuse traffic lights. But this does not interfere with many drivers who know the location and designation of the paws.

Since now the inability to distinguish colors is no longer a peremptory case of refusal to issue a driver's license - the level of perception of color changes can affect the verdict of the medical commission. It all depends on the conclusion of the ophthalmologist. By the way, an approving decision for color blindness is made extremely often.

This factor is diagnosed according to the Rabkin table.

Latitude of the visual field

This defect, like color blindness, cannot be corrected with the help of special devices. But it is quite rare, and since it can itself show some prerequisites for serious visual diseases, it is quite capable of leading to a driving ban.

Automotive portal vodi.su draws your attention to the fact that the maximum narrowing of the field of view cannot exceed 20 °.

Refusal to drive

At the moment, the Ministry of Health has a developed draft resolution, which spells out the main provisions that limit the ability to drive a car. Here are the cases that will become an obstacle to obtaining a driver's license:

• postoperative condition of the eyes (for 3 months)
• changes occurring in the muscles of the eyelid, as well as mucous membranes (if they limit visual capabilities)
• glaucoma (depending on the degree of damage)
• loss of optic nerve function
• retinal detachment
• diseases related to the lacrimal sac
• strabismus/diplopia (doubling of objects)

Thanks to the ability to maintain vision, even if it is not perfect, you can drive a car.

However, if you wear glasses/contact lenses, then the quality of vision is certified directly in them.

There are special conditions for such a precedent:

• The refractive power of lenses/glasses cannot be more than + or - 8 diopters.
• Lens differences for the right and left eyes cannot exceed 3 diopters.

If you wear lenses or glasses, then you need a note on your driver's license. And driving is allowed only in the designated optical device that corrects vision, especially if there are indications for constant wear.

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