Is this actually possible??

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: Hi all, : Wow! I just found this board yesterday and I almost cried when I read it...I could not believe that low vision driving was possible. (Then I got angry when I realized no one had told me this for years, but that's another story entirely!) : I had a low vision eval about 5 years ago, when I was 18, and was told that in Pennsylvania (where I was living at the time) I could probably get a restricted (daytime, 2-lane highways only) license-- this blew me away as my parents and I had already assumed there was no way I could. At that time, I didn't feel comfortable learning to drive with my vision uncorrected (due to ROP, retinopathy of prematurity, I am about 20/80 on a good day in my left eye, with poor depth perception and peripheral vision, and 20/200 in my right, with almost no central vision -- it's essentially uncorrectable, though magnifiers help to relieve eyestrain). So I'm assuming a BiOptic would not work for me, probably. : Now I'm living in Maryland, right outside DC, which thankfully has one of the most fabulous public transportation systems in the country. Here, I don't qualify for a license with uncorrected vision, though I know BiOptics are allowed. In PA, where we're thinking of moving back to be near family, BiOptics aren't allowed, but the uncorrected vision requirements are more relaxed. Aargh! So much to wade through! Added to that, after 23 years of never driving (for me, cars are things I sit and read books in while my husband drives!) I have to wonder if I will really have the attention to detail it requires. : Any thoughts or words of wisdom would be great! : Thank you, : Jenn Lindsey-Stevens

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