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Posted by Carol on November 16, 2001 at 02:15:27 PM EST:
In Reply to: Is this actually possible?? posted by Jenn Lindsey-Stevens on November 16, 2001 at 12:46:12 PM EST:
I know exactly what you mean about "attention to detail." When I first decided to obtain my license I was a bit worried about that myself. However, over time, I came to realize that I am much more alert when I'm behind the wheel. While details and distraction is sometimes an issue, now it's only an issue when I'm driving in unfamiliar territory. So, I generally will make someone go with me in those cases. Even people with normal vision can have trouble with this. The key is focus. I also believe that since I've had to work harder at obtaining my license, I appreciate it a lot more than the average driver. I'm just saying that eventually you learn to relax and are more confident. But then I'm not driving in PA or Maryland either. :) good luck. drop me an email sometime if you wish.
Carol
: 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
BDN, low vision driving driver, drive, BiOptic, albinism, albino, macular disease, nystagmus, cataracts, corneal diseases, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, archived by, BIOPTIC DRIVING NETWORK
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