What are the requirements for the eye test?
Driving license applicants must have their good eyesight certified by an official eye test center. Such an eye test center must have certain qualifications and examination equipment. The following can be recognized as an eye test center
- Ophthalmologists,
- opticians,
- physicians at the public health department and
- those with the additional title of occupational medicine.
If a candidate for a driver’s license does not yet have a visual aid, but has an excessive deviation in visual acuity, he or she will need glasses or contact lenses to compensate. If someone needs such a visual aid to ensure perfect vision in road traffic, this is indicated by a corresponding note on the driver’s license.
It is possible to repeat the eye test with a visual aid or improved visual aid if the first test revealed insufficient visual performance.
If a patient loses an eye, they are not allowed to drive for three months so that they can first get used to their restricted field of vision. After this period, the patient may drive a vehicle again, provided that the remaining eye has a visual acuity of at least 50 percent (eye test by an ophthalmologist required).
Procedure eye test
If you want to have your eyesight certified, you need your ID card or passport. The optician or doctor then checks the visual acuity in a standardized eye test using Landolt rings. The test result is recorded in writing.
Eye test: truck and bus driver’s licenses and “P” licenses
- of the visual field,
- of spatial vision,
- of contrast or twilight vision and
- of color vision.
For bus, truck and P license, the following minimum visual acuity values apply:
- at the medical examination: 0.8 on each eye and 1.0 with both eyes
- in case of an additional ophthalmological examination: 0.8 with both eyes or on the better eye; 0.5 on the worse eye
