federal vision exemption question

Thank you for the info chopper, i will be making a phone call monday... Finally some hope!!

 

ok, been awhile since ive checked this thread. i finally said screw it and went to take a dot physical to see where i am at as far as vision. as i said in prior posts my actual eye doctor said i was borderline and depending on the test and the day that i may be able to scrape by. so i drive to the doctors office and sit in the parking lot nervous as hell with anticipation. then i stroll on in and start filling out the form, i tell the doc that aside from the vision i should be able to pass with no issues. the doctor (who is a very nice guy) allowed me to come in and take the vision portion to see if i was able to pass before proceeding to anything else, therefore not wasting my money. i do the good eye and pass no problem. now time for the bum eye, i'm staring, squinting doing all i can do trying to make out these letters on the 20/40 line. i could sort of make out a few of the shapes just good enough that he told me i passed! again, i freakin passed!!!! the rest of the exam was a breeze. i was so excited i wanted to jump up and scream but i managed to keep my composure until i left the office. now that the hard part is out of the way for two years im gonna start researching my next step. i gotta get the ball rolling pretty soon though in case i need to use that exemption in two years. having experience wouldnt hurt. and since i barely passed, im now nervous that im gonna go to a company and they will send me home if i happen to not pass their dot physical. do all companies make you take another physical of does your medical card suffice? thanks.....

 

oh great, another mountain to climb. do all companies make you take another physical before they hire you? meaning 3 physicals total?

this outta be a $100,000.00 dollar a year profession with all the hoops one has to jump through just to get behind the wheel. not to mention all the hoopla once you get rolling....... who knew!!

 

I did it! i went to take my permit test today at the dmv. as the woman was filling out my paperwork i noticed an eye test machine sitting to my right. i was hoping and praying she wasnt gonna ask me to take another eye exam since i already had my medical card to verify i meet the standards. not so lucky. she says to step over to the eye machine, now im not a religeous man by any means but i somehow managed to pass this test, it was actually more clear then the test at the eye doctor. it was like my vision had for a split second, improved just enough to make out those letters without really struggling.
now that the hard part was out of the way it was knowledge and air brake test time!! bring it on!!! missed 1 on the knowledge portion and aced the air brake portion. the test was actually much easier then i had imagined it being. so im proud to say that i finally have a class A permit in hand! been waiting for this day for almost 20 years...... now to learn some skills and how to wheel one of these big sob's........