If you’re successful, you’ll still have to pass the DVSA standard eyesight test at your next practical driving test. When you reapply for your driving licence, DVLA will ask you to have an eyesight test with DVSA. DVLA will be told and your licence will be revoked. If you cannot, you’ll fail your driving test and the test will not continue. The practical driving test eyesight testĪt the start of your practical driving test you have to correctly read a number plate on a parked vehicle. You may still be able to renew your lorry or bus licence if you cannot meet these standards but held your licence before 1 January 1997. You must tell DVLA if you’ve got any problem with your eyesight that affects either eye.
In fact, the pass rate for tests in automatic cars was 38.9 in 2017/18, 8.2 lower than the manual pass rate for that year. Another myth to debunk is that it’s easier to pass your test in an automatic car. No defects should be present within a radius of the central 30 degrees. In 2021/22, 52.6 of people taking their test for the first time passed compared to an overall pass rate of 50.5. You must have an uninterrupted horizontal visual field of at least 160 degrees with an extension of at least 70 degrees left and right and 30 degrees up and down. There’s no specific limit for the corrective power of contact lenses. You can reach this standard using glasses with a corrective power not more than (+) 8 dioptres, or with contact lenses. The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence ( CPC) part 3 (driving ability) test is 1 of the 4 tests you have to pass to drive a lorry or bus for a living. You must have a visual acuity at least 0.8 (6/7.5) measured on the Snellen scale in your best eye and at least 0.1 (6/60) on the Snellen scale in the other eye. Just in case you need some extra motivation to start learning to drive, let’s talk about the best things about passing your driving test. And it’s best to drive regularly and avoid big gaps between lessons. You must also have an adequate field of vision - your optician can tell you about this and do a test. According to DVSA, it takes most people 45 hours of lessons, plus 22 hours of practice to pass their driving test. You must also meet the minimum eyesight standard for driving by having a visual acuity of at least decimal 0.5 (6/12) measured on the Snellen scale (with glasses or contact lenses, if necessary) using both eyes together or, if you have sight in one eye only, in that eye. You must be able to read (with glasses or contact lenses, if necessary) a car number plate made after 1 September 2001 from 20 metres. You could be prosecuted if you drive without meeting the standards of vision for driving.