To drive a car, it’s not enough to know perfectly the rules of the road or be able to drive it brilliantly. There are health restrictions, in particular, poor eyesight, in which it is forbidden to drive a vehicle, as this can be dangerous to the life and health of road users.
Reasons for refusal to issue a certificate
There are certain reasons why an ophthalmologist must refuse to issue a certificate to obtain a driver’s license.
If the vision of the potential driver is below the established standards, the certificate may be refused. As a rule, in people with low vision, one eye sees better than the other, therefore, the category of acuity is set to a level of sharpness better than the seeing eye of at least 0.6 and worse than the seeing of at least 0.2, for category C at least 0.8 and 0.4 respectively.
If vision does not meet the standards, driving with glasses or lenses is possible, but there is a limit of up to ± 8 diopters and the difference between the right and left eyes is not more than three diopters. Otherwise, they will not give a certificate.
A test for color perception (using special tables) is necessary when determining the colors of a traffic light, since not distinguishing colors can lead to sad consequences. Since this anomaly cannot be corrected with glasses and contact lenses, this is a serious barrier to obtaining a driver’s license. There is an exception - if a person already has driving experience, and he has a slight degree of color blindness, he can get the rights again.
In some eye diseases, a narrowing of the field of vision is observed. For category B and C, this indicator cannot be lower than 20 degrees. For categories D and E, narrowing the angle of view is unacceptable. Since this pathology cannot be corrected with glasses and contact lenses, it is forbidden to drive a vehicle.
If there are quite dangerous eye diseases, for example, such as cataracts, glaucoma and others, it is impossible to obtain medical permission.
What vision is allowed to drive?
If a person has excellent vision and there are no other contraindications, according to the legislation of Russia, he has every right to drive a vehicle. But if a person suffers from myopia, this is not a reason to deprive him of driving a car. In this case, vision can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. If there are more serious pathologies of vision, even in this case, a person can be allowed to drive, subject to a successful operational correction.
There are cases of dishonest medical examination. Such a driver is a dangerous road user, because blurry vision, a narrow viewing angle, and incorrect color perception prevent full control of the situation on the road.
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