“Can I drive with myopia?”
I was diagnosed with myopia. Can I drive with myopia?
4 Answers
Jason Randall Smith
Optometrist
Is your myopia in one eye or both? Depending upon how clear or how blurry your vision is, this now becomes a safety issue for you, your passengers, and other drivers. And also, how is your daytime vision compared to your night time vision?
Every state has a visual acuity standard that must be met in order to receive a driver's license. If you were diagnosed with myopia, your eye doctor must have provided you with some visual options including glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery? I would strongly discuss these options again with your eye doctor and err on the side of safety first, ALWAYS. Good luck and best wishes.
Every state has a visual acuity standard that must be met in order to receive a driver's license. If you were diagnosed with myopia, your eye doctor must have provided you with some visual options including glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery? I would strongly discuss these options again with your eye doctor and err on the side of safety first, ALWAYS. Good luck and best wishes.
No myopia is the loss of distance vision. If you can see in the distance it not safe to drive.
You may need glasses.
If your vision improves to the level required by your state’s law and you wear your corrective lenses you may drive.
