Reading letters on an eye chart is not an eye exam. At least 50 percent of patients who come in just asking for a DMV screening have had their vision drop below the DMV’s 20/40 requirement.

To pass the DMV test without being required to wear glasses or contact lenses, drivers must have 20/40 vision or better in at least one eye without wearing corrective lenses.

To reduce lines at DMV offices, the state allowed drivers to “self-certify their vision” when renewing online a license that expired between March 1, 2020, and Aug. 31, 2021.

Is this a common issue with DMV? Remember, you have to pass the eye exam to get a license or to renew. If you take the test at the DMV you’re right there in the system.

And the other woman says: ‘I was just here checking out the eye charts. I wanted to memorize them all.’ “ ‘Oh, do you have trouble seeing the letters?’ the one asks.

During the pandemic, if your driver’s license expired between March 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021, the Department of Motor Vehicles allowed you to renew your license online by self-certifying your ...