D.C. DMV says my vision isn't good enough to drive. I want legal help. What kind of lawyer?

[Anonymous]

Good day to you. The D.C. DMV says my eyes aren't good enough to drive, despite attestation by my opthamologist to the contrary. I want legal help but am not sure what kind of lawyer I need. If you know kindly tell me. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Get glasses

[Anonymous]

This is the travel forum. You may want to report your own post and move it somewhere more relevant.

[Anonymous]

Why are they even testing you if you have documentation from an ophthalmologist? They don't do that in MD.

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure I am not going to recommend a lawyer so you can get behind the wheel and run me over. Troll somehwere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the travel forum. You may want to report you’re own post and move it somewhere more relevant.

Give the OP a break, obviously they can’t see

[Anonymous]

Ugh. Just wear the damn glasses or take the eye test again. Nobody wants you behind the wheel if there’s even a question. I’ve had a vision restriction since I was 16, and it’s nothing to get a lawyer over.

[Anonymous]

If the DMV won't give you a license, an attorney will not likely be able to help you. The opinion of your opthamologist is not relevant, since it is the DMV, not your opthamologist, which is entrusted to make decisions about who has the physical attributes needed to drive safely. I don't know, but doubt, there is any provision in the relevant law for the DMV's judgement to be supplanted by that of a private physician selected by the applicant for a driver's license.

Perhaps you can be restested at the DMV by a different examiner, in case there was some irregularity in the administration of the vision test. Other than that, it's probably time to make alternative arrangements for transportation.

Self-interest aside (easier said than done), do you really believe you can drive safely if your vision is so problematic that the DMV has adjudged you too dangerous to drive? The bar to a driver's license is extremely low, so if someone can't pass that hurdle, it's likely there really is a genuine issue.

[Anonymous]

Funny story.

My teen son had a DMV vision test while getting his license, and did really badly. It was then we realized that for an entire year, one lens of his glasses was NOT CORRECTED. It was just a blank. The other lens had the right correction. He had never realized it. He had been going to school, reading tons of stuff and driving without the appropriate correction in one eye.

So maybe check your glasses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the DMV won't give you a license, an attorney will not likely be able to help you. The opinion of your opthamologist is not relevant, since it is the DMV, not your opthamologist, which is entrusted to make decisions about who has the physical attributes needed to drive safely. I don't know, but doubt, there is any provision in the relevant law for the DMV's judgement to be supplanted by that of a private physician selected by the applicant for a driver's license.

Perhaps you can be restested at the DMV by a different examiner, in case there was some irregularity in the administration of the vision test. Other than that, it's probably time to make alternative arrangements for transportation.

Self-interest aside (easier said than done), do you really believe you can drive safely if your vision is so problematic that the DMV has adjudged you too dangerous to drive? The bar to a driver's license is extremely low, so if someone can't pass that hurdle, it's likely there really is a genuine issue.

What the heck? You have no idea what you are talking about. At most DMVs, you can EITHER take their test OR submit a form from your eye doctor. Then if you do need glasses or contacts to drive, they will note that on your license.

[Anonymous]

In MD a license will say that glasses are required when it’s run ( by Police) I’m not understanding what your issue is exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In MD a license will say that glasses are required when it’s run ( by Police) I’m not understanding what your issue is exactly?

Presumably that even with correction, OP is legally blind. I knew someone who could see well enough to walk about and interact with people, but was not allowed to drive.

[Anonymous]

You shouldn’t be allowed to drive if you can’t see perfectly.

[Anonymous]

The notice you got should explain your appeal rights. You don't need a lawyer. And if you can't read the notice, you should take that as a sign that the DMV was right

[Anonymous]

Where you wearing your glasses when you tested? What was your vision test?