What are the vision requirements for a driver's license physical examination?
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Below are the vision requirements for a driver's license physical examination: 1. When applying for large passenger vehicles, tractors, city buses, medium-sized passenger vehicles, large trucks, trolleybuses, or tram driving licenses, the naked or corrected vision of both eyes must reach 5.0 or above on the logarithmic visual acuity chart; 2. When applying for other 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. This aligns with the actual vision requirements in the driving school physical examination. Additional information: Wearing glasses is allowed for the driver's license physical examination, and corrected vision is acceptable—there is no requirement for it to be naked vision.
When I was getting my driver's license, I specifically checked the physical examination requirements. For vision, it mainly depends on the type of vehicle you're applying for. For small cars, your naked-eye or corrected vision needs to reach at least 4.9, which means you can see the third row from the bottom on the eye chart. For larger vehicles like trucks or buses, the requirement is stricter, requiring 5.0. Corrected vision refers to your vision with glasses or after laser surgery—many of my nearsighted friends passed the exam wearing glasses. A special reminder: if one eye has vision problems, the other eye must reach 5.0 and have a wide enough field of vision to qualify for a Class C license. On the day of the exam, remember to bring your usual glasses, as you'll need to clearly see where the pointer is indicating during the test—don’t misread the lines due to nervousness. Nowadays, many driving schools have on-site vision testing machines, so go early to check. If you don’t pass, you can get new glasses in time.
