Failed eyesight test

[John Banks]

You can see contacts if you look. Should be a faint ring in the white of the eye around the iris.

[Big Chim]

oh ok, could a cop see them at night? does he have to flick his torch light in your eyes?

[thehollowmen]

Go to your family GP
easier test, sympathetic words and they'll write out a cert no problem
I've failed twice too, because of peripheral vision. Learnt a little trick because a lot of people fail on that.. pull your head out by four inches

[Colapop]

So how'd ya get on Mops?
I went an checked out contacts and the f*ckers want to charge me $200! Thats about average for the 3 places I went to and then they want me to $400 a year on lenses. Jesus! I'm just going to stick with my dirty ol' glasses coz I'm a cheap c*nt.

[John Banks]

oh ok, could a cop see them at night? does he have to flick his torch light in your eyes?

Yep, pretty much. Even in daylight you'd have to hold your eyelids open while the cop peers into your eyes, so I don't think any cops actually bother checking.

[mops]

Hello.
Well, I still dont know where to go to get the test. GP might be a good idea. I did noticed my eyesight is better in the morning. I think I'll take toomorow (monday) off and give it a go... I'll get either cert or glasses.....

[Maha]

GP is a good place to start mops, i had monocular vision when i did the site test. The lady asked me if i had one closed cos apparantly there were more letters there than i was telling her. Short answer i couldn't see anything through my left eye, so went to the oppo and she tested the eye, i had a full cataract going on, which i knew about, already had the other eye done about a year earlier. So booked in and got the left eye done, 20 min opp cost $3000 but with the new lens i now one line better than 20/20 in my left eye on the chart thing at the doc's....good luck mops

[XP@]

I have just done the eye exam for my, hurrm, car test.
I do have glasses for astigmatism but only need them if I am really tired. so I made sure i was 100% when I went in for the test, i passed but i think only just.

If you do need glasses, when you go to check out the frames take your helmet with you and try them on with your lid on.

[mops]

Hello.
Just an update.

Took eyesight test with a random GP today.

All tho my right eye is a bit off, I can drive without glasses yay !
Went to ltsa and got my license already

can wait to get ouyt of work and jump on the bike

Thanks guys and gals for your input and support !

[crashe]

Hello.
Just an update.

Took eyesight test with a random GP today.

All tho my right eye is a bit off, I can drive without glasses yay !
Went to ltsa and got my license already

can wait to get ouyt of work and jump on the bike

Thanks guys and gals for your input and support !

Just remember to do this everytime you need to sit or upgrade your license.

Get the bit of paper from the GP to say your eyes are ok.
So that you dont have to go through this every time.

[spudchucka]

Anyway, apparently I have monocular vision - which is kind of similar to the difference between mono and stereo.
I can never see those damned 3d pictures either!

It happens when each eye has a slightly different focal length, you probably can't look through binoculars either, right?

You can complete the AA eye test simply by reading the screen using one eye at a time. If they say read from right to left you start with your right eye open and your left eye closed, read the screen back and then switch to left eye open and right eye closed and you will get all of the letters on the screen.

I have 20/20 vision but I don't have binocular vision, things look further away in my left eye than they do in my right eye because of the different focal lengths. Its a really common problem, I don't know if it can be corrected but you can pass your driving eye test every time if you do it the way I've described.

[FlyingDutchMan]

Yeah, I get this too. The left eye sees two columns [A B], the right eye sees [B C] and together you're supposed to see [A B C]. All I saw was was two indecipherable characters as the A/B and B/C overlapped. Simple solution however - read the first two columns with the right eye closed, then read the last with left eye closed.

Yes, I do have moderate shortsightenedness and astigmatism, but this was with my glasses on!

FM

I've got pretty good vision, but I've had trouble with those things as well. I just did the same thing - close one and look with the other. Makes it so much easier.

[vifferman]

All these people saying they have defective eyesight but can see to drive perfectly well.
Hope I don't meet any of you on the road....

[Colapop]

All these people saying they have defective eyesight but can see to drive perfectly well.
Hope I don't meet any of you on the road....

What? Who said that? Who's there? ....


*mutter*Well bugger you then I'm going out for a ride *feels around for keys*
Bump
*walks into wall*
Thud clatter bang crash
*and then down the stairs*

[Clockwork]

It happens when each eye has a slightly different focal length, you probably can't look through binoculars either, right?

You can complete the AA eye test simply by reading the screen using one eye at a time. If they say read from right to left you start with your right eye open and your left eye closed, read the screen back and then switch to left eye open and right eye closed and you will get all of the letters on the screen.

I have 20/20 vision but I don't have binocular vision, things look further away in my left eye than they do in my right eye because of the different focal lengths. Its a really common problem, I don't know if it can be corrected but you can pass your driving eye test every time if you do it the way I've described.

I too have "monocular vision" although I didn't realise what caused it until I read this thread, I simply discovered I could pass the test by opening and closing each eye!

I assume its perfectly legal for one-eyed people to drive and as I've managed to drive and ride 30 years without an accident and worn glasses for an astigmatism(sp) for as long as I can remember, I can't help wondering why they conduct this binocular vision test in the first place!