Vision Test (Astigmatism Issue)

Get corrective glasses first because you may have a restriction on your cdl that you must always wear glasses while driving.

 

Yes, get your eyes checked and glasses if you need them before the DOT physical. All the physician will do is fail you and make you come back if you fail their generic DOT eyesight exam.

I just paid $39 for exam here in Florida the other day. You'll probably pay ten times that in Connecticut

 

Google "eye chart" they're pretty standard and memorize it. Just kidding.

If you pass with both eyes and one eye if you goof with your bad eye they most likely will still pass you.

Good luck.

 

Get that corrected with glasses.

I usually memorize the chart more or less when I enter the room no matter which way they want to test it.

It's best you get it corrected before you burn through the trip to and from orientation only to be returned home after failing the eye test.

I have a lens replaced on the one eye, fortunately it's enough so I no longer need glasses to keep her moving like i used to and the 24 inches focal point is perfect for the front sights of the colt.

 

Get the glasses first, then the DOT physical. If you can see ok with the glasses, you will pass.

 

I HAVE 20/20 in one eye and 20/40 in the other, and it is DOT passable.

every DOT exam i go and get, i first go to my optometrist who uses all the latest eye exam equipment an office can have. he then hands over a "blue card" which has the approved numbers for my eyesight on them.

i then go for my DOT, and the doctor there HAS to accept that card as in the DOT it does allow for an outside source to do the eye exam.

so do just that, get an full eye exam at your specialist, get that "blue card" or whatever color card it is in your state, take that to your DOT exam.

problem here though, is that if you have to get another DOT physical at your employer, you'll need another blue card, so best ask you specialist for 2?