Question about color blindness and getting my CDL

There is no problem being color blind. No need to mention it to anyone either. The only people I know that can't be color blind are pilots of airplanes.

 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/391.41

(10) Has distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye without corrective lenses or visual acuity separately corrected to 20/40 (Snellen) or better with corrective lenses, distant binocular acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in both eyes with or without corrective lenses, field of vision of at least 70° in the horizontal Meridian in each eye, and the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber.

The medical examiner performing your physical will show you images compromised of hundreds of colored dots that contain a number only a person who is not color blind can see.

 

Well, I stand corrected!!! They don't test for it though.

 

The Redbird dmv in ft worth tests for color blindness aswell as the dmv (don't remember what one) I went to in St louis tests as well.

But you have your answer already op.

If you do make it through, I hope you don't go to anywhere that has the traffic signals mounted horizontally.

 

Any medical professional, who as of May 21, 2014 must be listed in the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners in order to conduct a DOT physical, is required to check for color blindness.

 

If they show you red, green, & amber and you can recognize each, they will pass you. Most medical professionals will use the dots with a number inside, but they can also show you circles with the colors red, green, & amber too, which is also a valid test.

 

I'm surprised why they would care. All lights are setup the same. So what happens if you fail the test? You can't drive?