Eyesight Failure - Self Referral

Herts Ability

Unit 2
Weltech Business Centre
Ridgeway
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire AL7 2AA

Tel: 01707 384263
Email: driving@hertsability.org.uk
Website: hertsability.org.uk

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Result of your Number Plate Test

Essential Information

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.

You are welcome to return to Herts Ability’s Mobility Centre for a further appointment to read the number plate, if you have evidence to suggest that your vision has been corrected, and if this is successful, you may complete your driving assessment.

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

We will contact you again in three weeks’ time for an update on your situation if we have not heard from you in the meantime.

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.