Eyesight Failure - DVLA Referral

Herts Ability

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Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire AL7 2AA

Tel: 01707 384263
Email: driving@hertsability.org.uk
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Result of your Number Plate Test

Essential Information - DVLA Referral

As discussed with you today, unfortunately you were unable to read a number plate from the distance required by Law, which means that with immediate effect you must not drive. If you were to do so, you would be committing a criminal offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988.

This means that we are now obliged to inform the DVLA and it is likely they will revoke, or refuse your driving licence. The DVLA will be in contact with you to confirm this, and they will also advise on the process to follow about re-applying for your driving licence entitlement, if this is appropriate.

I would be grateful if you could sign the declaration overleaf. (A copy will be given to you as a record).

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information.

Yours sincerely

Extract from DVLA publication “Assessing fitness to drive. Guide for medical professionals” relating to Visual Acuity. January 2018 (Chapter 06 Page 94)

Minimum eyesight standards – All drivers

The law requires that all licensed drivers meet the following eyesight requirements (including drivers aided by prescribed glasses or contact lenses):

in good daylight, able to read the registration mark fixed to a vehicle registered under current standards

at a distance of 20 metres with letters and numbers 79mm high by 50mm wide on a car registered since 1 September 2001

Or

at a distance of 20.5 metres with letters and numbers 79mm high by 57mm wide on a car registered before 1 September 2001

And

the visual acuity must be at least Snellen 6/12 with both eyes open or in the only eye if monocular.

Any driver unable to meet these standards must not drive and must notify the DVLA, which will refuse or revoke a licence.