What are the Eyesight requirements for the practical driving test?
Before the practical driving test, your driving examiner will ask you to read the number plate on a stationary vehicle.The distance requirement for the eyesight test using old style number plates is 20.5 metres or 20 metres if the new-style number plate is used. New-style number plates are easily identifiable starting with two letters e.g. AB 51 ABC. If you can’t speak English or have difficulty reading, you may copy down what you see. If you can’t read the first number plate correctly, you’ll be asked to read a second number plate, if you can’t read this number plate correctly, you’ll be allowed to walk forward until you’re just over the appropriate distance away. If you still can’t read the number plate correctly, the examiner will ask you to read a third number plate and will measure the precise distance from this number plate. The distance will be 20.5 metres if you’re asked to read an old-style number plate and 20 metres if you’re asked to read a new-style number plate. If you can
