Drivers Licence Expiring During Lockdown!
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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.