Failed Vision Test at DMV

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I started wearing glasses full time when I got my learner's permit. The eye doctor had told me to wear them for reading, but I couldn't pass the eye test at the MVA without them! It was lucky I happened to have then in my purse that day.

OP, have you considered letting her drive illegally to the heist? My thought is that the added penalty for driving without a license is relatively minor compared to grand larceny and it might give you some bargaining power when you're working out the plea deal. Plus she'd get some extra practice hours in!

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Anonymous wrote:That's so sad. Why haven't you been getting her eyes checked annually? This should have been caught by her pediatrician or optometrist.

We get her eyes checked annually. She hasn't gone to her regular eye doctor in a little over a year, however, the eye doctors were at her DCPS last week and I knew for several weeks that they'd be there, so I decided to use that. I asked her what came of that eye exam and couldn't get an understandable answer.

Anyways, as an update, we were able to get her learner's permit yesterday. I kept calling around and even drove to far out MD just to arrive late to our appt and they couldn't see us. Came back to DC and got a last minute appointment at Georgetown Optician and then swung over to the DMV on M street after that.
Georgetown optician said her current prescription (and vision) is fine for one eye but actually too high for the other and they signed the form. All good and we are going on our heist next week after all

I feel for your kid. As an adult, I failed my DC vision test because the administrator claimed there were 12 letters I needed to recite and I kept telling him there were only 8. Finally, he looked through the monitor and realized that monitor was broken. I looked through another and easily recited the 12 letters (I easily recited the 8 letters from the other monitor).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try Warby Parker.

Wonderful. Will call them now. By the way, the DC Costco will do it and takes a couple of insurance plans but I wanted a closer appointment. Thanks again!

You’re welcome. Glad it all worked out & good luck to your new driver!

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a situation where a kid’s vision is corrected as well as can be, and you want a waiver, or a situation where kid needs glasses or an updated prescription to then try again?

Good question. Not sure and will respect what the eye exam finds, even if that means she can't take the test for a while. She currently wears glasses but the prescription hasn't been updated in over a year. She could read the top two lines with and without glasses but not the last line with the smallest characters.

Me again. Do you know what will happen? We've never been through this situation. Her dad has terrible vision and has been wearing very high prescription glasses since he was a small kid but never failed this test with his glasses on. I do not wear glasses at all and have no issues passing this test.

Nothing will happen. This happened to me in my 20s. You get a dr to fill out a form, you turn it in, and you get a class c (must wear glasses) license. Done! Easy!