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Medical Forum / General / Vision / April 2006Driving restrictions for persons affected by Amblyopia
Can a person with Amblyopia drive car in USA? Yes. You only neeed one eye to pass a driving test. There may be restrictions on the other eye, but assuming your good eye sees 20/20, you will have no problems. dr grant Thanks a lot Dr. Grant for the prompt reply. Recently I visited DOL in Bellevue WA and they told that an Amblyopic needs a fitness letter from eye specialist for the lazy eye. Is it true? > Thanks a lot Dr. Grant for the prompt reply. Recently I visited DOL in > Bellevue WA and they told that an Amblyopic needs a fitness letter from > eye specialist for the lazy eye. Is it true? That would vary by state; you may have to ask a doctor in the state of Washington, or call the state police who supervise the licensing program. In my state, you can pass the vision test once, then go blind and get a new, valid license every four years. They're very nice - they'll hold your seeing-eye dog while you get your picture taken. -MT LOL, you don't have to get your photo taken until 10 years here and then they have private providers to take the photos, who don't care if you have a guide dog or not. dr grant > LOL, you don't have to get your photo taken until 10 > years here and then they have private providers to take > the photos, who don't care if you have a guide dog or not. heh, that might get you on the tonight show. Valid driver's license with picture of you wearing shades with cane and guide dog. "Speeding and red light, officer? The damned dog did it!" -Quick > Can a person with Amblyopia drive car in USA? The US is very much into the concept of "state rights". Each state sets their own laws, including those about driving vehicles. My wife is blind in one eye due to amblyopia, and has a driving license, although she had to take a special driving test to get it.  SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA Did your wife have to pay more insurance per month because she is amblyopic? > Did your wife have to pay more insurance per month because she is > amblyopic? Persons with amblyopia do not pay more auto insurance in the US. > Did your wife have to pay more insurance per month because she is > amblyopic? No. Of course, they didn't ask and she didn't volunteer the information. SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA >> Did your wife have to pay more insurance per month because she is >> amblyopic? > >No. Of course, they didn't ask and she didn't volunteer the information. Don't anybody try that in the UK. I used to ride a motorbike and the insurance was far more for a one eyed person than normal. If I hadn't declared it, I wouldn't have been covered. I recently read that one eyed people in the states have 7 times more road traffic accidents than two eyed people. I can't imagine that you're supposed to keep it secret. Ann > Don't anybody try that in the UK. I used to ride a motorbike and the > insurance was far more for a one eyed person than normal. If I hadn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Ann A person with amblyopia does not have one eye. The lazy eye still provides the equivalent of peripheral vision in most cases. I don't think those stats you cited were compiled with people who have amblyopia. >> Don't anybody try that in the UK. I used to ride a motorbike and the >> insurance was far more for a one eyed person than normal. If I hadn't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >the equivalent of peripheral vision in most cases. I don't think those stats >you cited were compiled with people who have amblyopia. Probably not, but it's still a visual impairment that ought to be declared. It's not only about peripheral vision. I don't know what insurers are like over there, but here they will do anything to get out of paying out on a claim and non declaration of a visual impairment is playing right into their hands. Ann > Probably not, but it's still a visual impairment that ought to be > declared. It's not only about peripheral vision. I don't know what [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Ann I have been insured by the same company for 28 years and they have never asked me, and I don't think it needs to be declared. My driving record during that time has been way above average with only 1 minor accident. About 20 years ago the state (who issued drivers licenses) tested both eyes during the eye exam, but that is no longer the case. > >> Don't anybody try that in the UK. I used to ride a motorbike and the > >> insurance was far more for a one eyed person than normal. If I hadn't [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >> road traffic accidents than two eyed people. I can't imagine that > >> you're supposed to keep it secret. > Probably not, but it's still a visual impairment that ought to be > declared. It's not only about peripheral vision. I don't know what > insurers are like over there, but here they will do anything to get > out of paying out on a claim and non declaration of a visual > impairment is playing right into their hands. It's no secret. Both my wife and I don't use our right eyes. We both have forms signed by our OD's on file with the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles stating that, and that it isn't correctable. We both subsequently took driving tests with a DMV examiner to prove that we could drive with just one eye. We have valid driver's licenses, with the complete understanding that we see out of one eye only. SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA >> >> Don't anybody try that in the UK. I used to ride a motorbike and the >> >> insurance was far more for a one eyed person than normal. If I hadn't [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >We have valid driver's licenses, with the complete understanding that we >see out of one eye only. We're not talking about driving licences we're talking about insurance. And I have no idea what happens in the states but I do know what happens here. Not being asked about a certain disorder is no defence here. Non disclosure is non disclosure. Ann > We're not talking about driving licences we're talking about > insurance. And I have no idea what happens in the states but I do > know what happens here. Not being asked about a certain disorder is > no defence here. Non disclosure is non disclosure. > > Ann I think that it has been made very clear that it does not work that way in the USA. Even in cases where an insurance company in the USA does charge more for amblyopia (which I am not aware of), the insurance company can only demand retroactive payment of the additional premiums (probably only for the last insurable period), they cannot deny a claim (unless they can prove fraud). But I am not sure if they can even demand retroactive premiums if they don't at least ask about these issues in the application for insurance. Since driving records are publicly available in the US, insurance companies depend more on your accident and traffic ticket rate than on medical issues (in most cases). They also do the underwriting based on other factors such as miles driven weekly, the exact model and year of the car, age of driver, martial status (in some cases for men under 25), location, years insured with current company, and some other factors. Are drivers in the UK insured by the government? That may explain the non-disclosure issue. In the USA, insurance is a private business and it is up to the insurance company to ask consumers about the underwriting factors that they need to determine your premiums. The other thing that you wrong about (in previous posts you have made) is comparing accident rates of people with only one eye with accident rates for people with amblyopia. That is an incorrect use of statistics since the conditions are not the same. >Are drivers in the UK insured by the government? ROFL.. No. Not everything in the UK is government run. Ann > Probably not, but it's still a visual impairment that ought to be > declared. It's not only about peripheral vision. What's the impairment???? There is none in my case I am nearsighted with 3 diopter difference between eyes, amblyopic (right eye is my dominant eye) I drive, fly a plane just as good as a person without amblyopia Allen |
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