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Old 07-15-2018, 09:05 AM   #21
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FL "requires" 20/50, and allows daytime driving with 20/60.
But apparently there is no requirement that you be able to see over the steering wheel.
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Old 07-15-2018, 09:27 AM   #22
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All the states I've lived in have only required 20/40 for a license.
That's good to know. I see just fine when I drive. I get a little nervous when I drive at night in the rain, however, because I struggle to pick up all the lane markings. The color of the street lights, especially on the parkways, is nearly the same as the lane markings, making it extra tough to see them all.
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Old 07-15-2018, 09:41 AM   #23
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FL "requires" 20/50, and allows daytime driving with 20/60.
Having been to FL many times, I can believe it. (Although in Texas it may be worse - I read somewhere it's 20/70 here in Texas)
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Having been to FL many times, I can believe it. (Although in Texas it may be worse - I read somewhere it's 20/70 here in Texas)
Yeah but, they have to drive slow. I'm not sure how the police know those people are limited to 45 mph?
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DW's distance vision has improved as she ages, not the closeup. Mine never improved at all, only got worse due to cataracts and an epi-retinal membrane in one eye until getting both those problems fixed.
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Yeah but, they have to drive slow. I'm not sure how the police know those people are limited to 45 mph?
Well that should keep them off I-75. Not sure why they even put up speed limit signs on that highway. They should call it the autobahn of the south.
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Old 07-15-2018, 01:16 PM   #27
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My reading vision improved with age but not my distance vision. Net, I have about the same distance correction as 50 years ago, -4.5, but a much lower reading vision correction; i.e., I have bifocals with stronger distance correction than reading correction. I frequently raise my glasses to my forehead to read some things. Basically my farsightedness change that most people start with in their 40's was counteracted by the pre-existing nearsightedness.

My ability to read small things up close w/o glasses is the main reason I never had laser correction surgery - didn't want to risk losing that. Also, I've come to appreciation the wind & flying particles protection glasses provide. Yea, they get dirty.
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