Wheel Nut:
My last eye test said I’m at risk of developing cataracts. I’m only 60, when questioned she said probably 10 years before needing them lasering.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Same here Wheelnut. When I went to buy my glasses I asked the optician about corrective laser surgery and she said I don’t need it as I only have an ‘early’ warning so there’s nothing to correct yet. So it now depends on DVLA bureaucracy I suppose, but your circumstances cheer me up. 
Grandpa:
D4Drivers:
Grandpa:
Went for my D4 eye test today at Spec Savers (I’m 64). Using the Snellen test I got uncorrected 6/12 6/18 which is the minimum pass and corrected 6/6 6/6. So I pass, but they also wrote under Q10 ‘Does the applicant have any other ophthalimic condition? ‘Early bilateral cataract.’ Am I going to have problems renewing my licence?Hi Grandpa,
We’re looking forward to seeing you for your D4 medical.
Just a side note for anyone reading this thread, the minimum pass for vision is 6/7.5 in the better eye and 6/60 in the worse eye (there are some exceptions but not one that makes 6/12 and 6/18 uncorrected a minimum pass). Usually for the visual acuities you’ve mentioned, a code will be added to the licence for the categories you’re renewing which states you must wear your corrective lenses when driving, be it glasses or contact lenses.
With regards to question 10 on the vision section, it’s very difficult to say whether this would cause problems, it’s of course down to DVLA. Sorry I can’t be of better help on this one.
Ryan
D4Drivers.Thanks Ryan,
Yes, I think I initially got the tests mixed up with HGV and car, so I fail HGV on uncorrected vision, but pass with glasses and pass the car without glasses.
I’m not trying to be semantic with this, but it means then that the lower the number (6/6 is better than 6/12 or 6/18?), the better the sight. So glasses would improve and equalize both eyes at 6/6? The doctor then would only have to do the medical part. The GPs in the Rugby area were charging £130 and that’s without the eyesight test! I’m looking forward to trying out D4Drivers.
Grandpa,
For car (group 1) you have to meet 6/12 on the snellen test but with both eyes together (or the eye you can see out of if you’re blind in one eye), or the more commonly known test is reading a number plate from 20 metres.
That’s correct about the smaller number on a snellen test meaning you have better eyesight. For example 6/12 on the snellen chart test means that from 6 metres you can see what the average person can see unaided from 12 metres. Therefore your glasses improve your vision meaning that your corrected visual acuity is 6/6 in both eyes, or 20/20 vision as it’s commonly known. DVLA also allow the optician/doctor to conduct the test from 3 metres and convert the reading to 6, as not every clinician has a 6 metre room.
Yes we often find that your own GP will charge between £100-£150 for the D4 medical as it’s non NHS work, and they won’t do the eye test.
Ryan.
D4Drivers.
For car (group 1) you have to meet 6/12 on the snellen test but with both eyes together (or the eye you can see out of if you’re blind in one eye), or the more commonly known test is reading a number plate from 20 metres.
That’s correct about the smaller number on a snellen test meaning you have better eyesight. For example 6/12 on the snellen chart test means that from 6 metres you can see what the average person can see unaided from 12 metres. Therefore your glasses improve your vision meaning that your corrected visual acuity is 6/6 in both eyes, or 20/20 vision as it’s commonly known. DVLA also allow the optician/doctor to conduct the test from 3 metres and convert the reading to 6, as not every clinician has a 6 metre room.
Yes we often find that your own GP will charge between £100-£150 for the D4 medical as it’s non NHS work, and they won’t do the eye test.
Ryan.
D4Drivers.
Thanks D4Drivers. I’ve never had a problem reading the 20m number plate in the past and even now without glasses, but with these new eyesight rules I guess it makes the number plate test redundant. I’ll do a quick review here of the D4Drivers medical next week as not many people have mentioned it.
Wheel Nut:
My last eye test said I’m at risk of developing cataracts. I’m only 60, when questioned she said probably 10 years before needing them lasering.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I like the way you say I`m only 60, eyes know no bounds no matter what your age. They start to go down hill after 40ish, so I was told by the Optician when I went for an eye test he asked me my age I said 43 his reply was your getting old, eyes start to deteriorate after 40.Now at 72 I have early stages of cataracts,my Wife has had them for years but still not bad enough to warrant any surgery.
Unfortunately early stages of Cataracts can occur at around the 50 age , but its more common in people at 60 plus.