On 1/19/2014 6:09 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-01-19 4:41 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>> On 1/19/2014 8:26 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> We can renew our (driver's) license on line.
>>>>>
>>>>> We can too every so often. I think it is every other time. But
>>>>> then they
>>>>> make you go in and get a new pic and stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Same here, every other time have to go in and submit to the camera.
>>>
>>> In Virginia (USA) you can renew by mail or online but every so often
>>> you have to go in for a vision test.
>>>
>>> G.
>>>
>> I skip the vision test by having my eye doctor sign something. Renewing
>> my license at age 40 was how I found out I needed glasses for driving. I
>> couldn't pass the eye test.
>
>
>
> The orthorater at a driver exam centre is just a screening device. If
> you don't meet the standards on that one you go to an optometrist. If
> you go in with glasses they don't bother testing. You already have the X
> condition. It is quite possible to go in with glasses that do not
> correct to the standards. When I went in with glasses they automatically
> put the X on my license.
>
>
That's not true everywhere, Dave. I wear glasses pretty much all the
time... when I'm awake. I don't know how accurate it was but the SC
DMV had me take an eye test. They didn't just automatically check 'X'
in a box on my license because I was wearing glasses.

Jill