Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!
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@Stargazer said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
From the NZTA website:
My driver licence has or is about to expire, can I still drive? We are currently working with Ministry of Transport to put in place formal regulation relating to driver licenses during the Level 4 Alert Period. Please check our website regularly for updates.
Awesome, thanks.
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@Machpants said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
@antipodean said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
Thankfully we only require eye testing for driver licences at ages 50, 60, 65, and 70. From age 75, full medicals are required annually.
Since I had good enough eyesight to fly fighters at 21, not good enough to drive by 25, I think it's a good idea to have eye tests for your licence.
So do I, for people statistically likely to have degradation significant enough to adversely affect their driving.
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@antipodean it is only renewed every 10 years, so not unexpected that a good number of peoples eye sight will deteriorate in that time, whatever age.
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@taniwharugby said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
@antipodean it is only renewed every 10 years, so not unexpected that a good number of peoples eye sight will deteriorate in that time, whatever age.
Yes, but the point is to capture those whose visual acuity is likely to have declined enough to prevent them getting a licence.
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@antipodean so are you saying peoples vision wont deteriorate sufficiently in 10 years to require testing?
I am not sure at what age it happens, but I believe it drops form 10 to 5 years too.
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@taniwharugby said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
@antipodean so are you saying peoples vision wont deteriorate sufficiently in 10 years to require testing?
I am not sure at what age it happens, but I believe it drops form 10 to 5 years too.
Visual acuity changes with age. The chart demonstrates that it is a mistake to consider 20/20 as “average,” “normal,” or “perfect” vision. The gray band indicates standard vision (20/20, 1.0). Average adult visual acuity is significantly better and does not drop to 20/20 until after age 60.
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@antipodean well we have 2 examples in this thread that are at odds with that article that looks like it was done in 1995?...@Machpants and me, although mine somehow improved and then didnt require glasses at my next renewal.
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@taniwharugby said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
@antipodean well we have 2 examples in this thread that are at odds with that article that looks like it was done in 1995?...@Machpants and me, although mine somehow improved and then didnt require glasses at my next renewal.
The plural of analogy is not evidence.
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@taniwharugby said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
@Bovidae the test they do at the AA can see you fail and being endorsed as needing glasses only to go to the optometrist where they obviously do a more thorough test which can result in you not needing glasses.
That AA test is terrible. Relies on perfect alignment (like looking through binoculars)
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@Crucial said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
That AA test is terrible. Relies on perfect alignment (like looking through binoculars)
indeed, but many rely on it, unaware it can provide a result at odds with optometrist one.
I passed the AA one when I renewed mine last year, had my glasses in my pocket as I knew I'd be touch and go...if I failed I would have gone and got new glasses haha
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@taniwharugby Two years ago, I planned my visit to the optometrist (for my annual eye examination) just before my drivers licence expired and brought a certificate with me to the AA. From the reaction I got from the AA person, I concluded that not many people do that.
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Counterargument. At my last optometrists test they said I was borderline to drive without glasses. No fucking way. I would not feel safe without my glasses. I can't read the speedo; or any sign more than about 15 metres away. Plus I'd have the distraction of a blinding headache within 20 minutes
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@Crucial said in Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!:
Do you peasants drive yourself or something?
Funnily enough, we haven't been for the first 2 months of 2020 - and have hated it! Bali roads, licenses, insurance etc, all leads to expats renting a car + driver. And it's kinda fun for a week, and kinda crap after that!
Can't put a price on independence.