Need advice on getting CDL, legally blind in one eye.

Hey how did things turn out for you did you get a CDL?

 

I knew a driver with one glass eye. It was always looking over my right shoulder when I talked to him. It made me feel like there was somebody lurking behind me about to club me on the back of the head. creepy.

 

I knew one too.. i didn't think they could drive commercially.

 

Wanting to know did everything work out I'm thinking of trying for my c class left eye blind driving since 16 also always rent trucks to drive should I try in illinois

 

If you pass all other aspects of the DOT physical, and you meet all vision requirements in the functioning eye, then you may be considered for a Federal Vision Exemption.

Doesnt mean they will grant it.

 

They actually did away with the vision waiver program. Nowadays you print a form off of the FMCSA website. Then, you have an eye doctor fill it out. After that you give that to the medical examiner, and you'll be given a 1-year card as long as everything else is ok

 

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/medical/vision-evaluation-report-form-mcsa-5871

 

I have it done every year.My right eye is amblyopic.(Lazy eye)

 

Eye technology is really amazing. My vision was so bad I couldn’t legally drive. My family gets cataracts early, I was 46 my sisters were barely in their 50’s. I had the surgery and I have better vision then I’ve ever had probably in my life. Surgery was 15 minutes each eye for lense implants and it was like a day recovery. Pretty painless to me. Don’t be scared if your vision is going. Eye technology is way more advanced nowadays.