do I need a waiver?

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Boo Boo, Jul 31, 2013.

  1. Boo Boo

    Boo Boo Bobtail Member

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    without glasses i am at 20/60 but with glasses i am 20/40. do I need a waiver since I have to wear glasses to get to 20/40

    when I got my medical card , they put on I need a vision waiver but thats cause for me its hard to read the eye chart in the middle of a lit hallway. though if I actually go to my optometrist its a more controlled environment

    since with glasses I am within federal regulations I cant find if i need a waiver or not
     
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  3. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    the requirement is that you have 20/40 vision. or better.

    if you need glasses. then so be it.

    my vision is worse then yours without my glasses.

    nothing was ever said to me about a waiver. your license should also state corrective lenses. at least mine does.
     
  4. luvtotruck

    luvtotruck Road Train Member

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    I just re-newed my Physical and they asked if I needed the glasses to drive, I said yes, That was all that was said, I read the chart I told them the colors of the spots, I was good to go.(on that part of the physical)
     
  5. RJC

    RJC Bobtail Member

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    You do not need a waiver. I go to my eye doctor just before I get a physical and he fills out the section for vision. Those charts suck and are not accurate results for a person needing glasses. I have had vision problems since I was a teen ager, three cornea transplants, and have dealt with it ever since I started driving. Look at the regulation and it tells you your eye doctor can fill that section out.
     
  6. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    OR, you could do like i did. and take a pic of the chart when no one is around.

    can you say S T U D Y. next time you have to go in. LOL.

    i'm at the age where i should be getting new prescriptions every year. but man. the frames i like are hard to find. and expensive. along with exams and lenses.

    if i could just do my job and live my life without SOMETHING hitting my frames and knocking them crooked.
     
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