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.

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 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.

A: The DMV minimum vision requirement is 20/40 with both eyes. This is the equivalent of 20/40 in one eye, and at least 20/70 in the worse eye. Customers may provide a vision referral form (DL 62 ...

The DMV notified drivers who deferred their vision test during the pandemic through notices in April and in October. Find out more about the three options to getting tested.

The deadline to complete a vision test at a DMV office expired at the end of November 2023, resulting in over 45,000 licenses being suspended in December. As of April 5, nearly 36,000 licenses ...

Some people in the Lowcountry have been facing a dilemma at the DMV in Bluffton. One man says the issue involves the office’s vision testing machines producing inaccurate results for DMV customers.

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 ...

If a person fails the South Carolina DMV vision test, they must have their eyes examined by a doctor. Tate failed the test more than four times, but when he went to the Vision Clinic at a nearby ...