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Dan Abel - 26 May 2004 23:01 GMT

I had already picked the title for this post, and I'm still using it, but
my wife is no longer grumpy. I had posted before about her failing the
DMV exam twice, once for vision and once for trying to turn when she
didn't have right of way. I didn't understand the vision thing, and I
know I have posted information on this group that isn't correct.

The California DMV requirements turn out to be much more complicated than
I thought, or what the Driver's Handbook says. To pass the vision
screening, you have to have 20/40 in one eye or both eyes together, with
vision in the worse eye at least 20/70. If you fail this screening, then
you have to go to a vision specialist. Afterwards, you are tested again.
If you still fail the vision screening, you will be given a driving test
to verify that you can compensate for seeing out of only one eye with
20/40 or better. Since my wife has amblyopia, her vision in her bad eye
is not correctable to 20/70.

So, she passed the driving test this morning and now has a valid driver's
license good for five more years. The driving test is a one-time thing,
so even though she will fail the screening test in five years, she will
get a renewal anyway.

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The Real Bev - 27 May 2004 07:10 GMT

> I had already picked the title for this post, and I'm still using it, but
> my wife is no longer grumpy. I had posted before about her failing the
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> so even though she will fail the screening test in five years, she will
> get a renewal anyway.

Super! I wonder if that applies to age-related vision problems too. My
mom's experience parallels your wife's, but it's my mom's understanding
that she has to go through this rigamarole every year from now on.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could actually get the answer to questions
like these by calling the DMV?

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Cheers, Bev
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incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.

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Dan Abel - 27 May 2004 16:41 GMT

> Super! I wonder if that applies to age-related vision problems too. My
> mom's experience parallels your wife's, but it's my mom's understanding
> that she has to go through this rigamarole every year from now on.
> Wouldn't it be nice if we could actually get the answer to questions
> like these by calling the DMV?

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/senior/senior_top.htm

If I remember correctly, you live in California, but I don't think you've
said where your mom lives.

My wife has said about 3000 times that she is very happy that she is now
licensed and shouldn't have this hassle again. She has also mentioned
several times about how nice the people at the local DMV are.

> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again
> incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.

It's deja vu all over again.

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The Real Bev - 27 May 2004 23:29 GMT

> > Super! I wonder if that applies to age-related vision problems too. My
> > mom's experience parallels your wife's, but it's my mom's understanding
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> http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/senior/senior_top.htm

Thanks. I love how they explain about how links work :-) I think the
following probably covers her situation:

"Drivers with disabilities or other medical conditions, especially
progressive ones, may have to be reexamined from time to time by a
physician or be retested more often than every four or five years by a
DMV examiner. Sometimes a Limited Term (one- or two-year) license is
issued during a course of rehabilitation, but medical clearance can put
the driver back on a regular schedule of renewal."

Since her MD is not likely to improve, I think she's stuck.

> If I remember correctly, you live in California, but I don't think you've
> said where your mom lives.

We're both Californians, Pasadena and Monterey Park.

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Glenn Hagele - Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance glenn.hagele@usaeyes.org - 28 May 2004 00:47 GMT

> rigamarole

You can't help but like someone who uses the adjective rigamarole when
talking about dealing with the California DMV.

8^)

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

http://www.USAEyes.org
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I am not a doctor.

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The Real Bev - 28 May 2004 21:03 GMT

Glenn, Hagele wrote:

> > rigamarole
>
> You can't help but like someone who uses the adjective rigamarole when
> talking about dealing with the California DMV.

I don't think you can say clusterfuck on usenet.

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