When I was 7 I had an accident which damaged the sight in my left eye, I still have peripheral vision but can't read anything with that eye unless it's very close and very large print. My other eye is OK and I have been driving for decades without a problem. I did once call DVLA and they said that if you can read a number plate at 20 yards then that's OK. However, I recently came across this on the RAC website and wondered if people are aware that DVLA brought in new minimum eyesight rules in March 2013? I am due for an eye test soon and will see what the optician thinks. Most insurers just ask if you meet the DVLA requirements.

Group 1 – Cars and Motorcycles – Drivers must:
• Be able to read a car number plate (with the aid of glasses or corrective lenses if needed) from a distance of 20 metres.
• Have a visual acuity of at least Snellen6/12. This means that the driver can read, from 6 metres away, characters which a person with normal (or Snellen 6/6) vision can read from 12 metres away and
• Have a horizontal field of vision of at least 120 degrees. This means, when looking straight ahead and without turning your head or eyes, a driver must be able to see 60 degrees to both the left and right.
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