What are the vision requirements for a driver's license medical examination?
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The vision requirements for a driver's license medical examination are as follows: 1. For applicants applying for large passenger vehicles, tractors, city buses, medium-sized passenger vehicles, large trucks, trolleybuses, or tramcars, the naked or corrected vision of both eyes must reach 5.0 or above on the logarithmic visual acuity chart. 2. For applicants applying for other types of driving licenses, the naked or corrected vision of both eyes must reach 4.9 or above on the logarithmic visual acuity chart. 3. No red-green color blindness. The actual content of the driving school medical examination is consistent with the vision requirements. In the vision requirements for a driver's license medical examination, generally, those without vision impairment or red-green color blindness can pass normally. If the eyes have myopia or astigmatism, the vision can also be tested after correction. Myopia is usually corrected by wearing myopia glasses or through surgery. As long as the corrected vision meets the medical examination's vision requirements, the applicant can pass the driver's license vision examination. Other items of the driving school medical examination stipulated in Article 11 of the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses": Height: Applicants for large passenger vehicles, tractors, city buses, large trucks, or trolleybuses must be at least 155 cm tall. Applicants for medium-sized passenger vehicles must be at least 150 cm tall. This is the first step of the driving school medical examination. Hearing: Both ears must be able to distinguish the direction of the sound source at a distance of 50 cm from the tuning fork. Upper limbs: Both thumbs must be sound, and each hand must have at least three other sound fingers, with normal limb and finger movement functions. Lower limbs: Normal movement function. For applicants applying to drive manual transmission vehicles, the length difference of the lower limbs must not exceed 5 cm. For applicants applying to drive automatic transmission vehicles, the right lower limb must be sound. Trunk and neck: No movement dysfunction. The "Physical Condition Certificate" submitted by the applicant must be issued by a medical institution at or above the county level or the regimental level of the military. County-level or above medical institutions refer to: municipal hospitals and disease prevention and control centers confirmed by the Health Bureau; district and county central hospitals.
As a veteran driving instructor, I believe vision is really crucial for learning to drive. For example, when applying for a C1 small vehicle license, your uncorrected vision must be at least 4.9. If your vision doesn't meet the standard, it's fine as long as you can correct it to 4.9 with glasses. But never try to cheat - last time a student went for the test without glasses and got rejected at 4.8, having to queue all over again for a retake. Color vision tests are equally important - confusing traffic lights would be extremely dangerous. The requirements are even higher for large truck licenses, requiring 5.0 vision. I recommend getting an eye exam at an optician before registration and getting proper glasses for safety.
