CDL Physical Vision Test
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Can you tell me if having corrected cataracts and AMD automatically cause one to fail the CDL Physical?
What is AMD?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
What is AMD?
They're talking about age related Macular Degeneration.
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Those do not automatically disqualify you. If both your eyes can read the 20/40 line on a standard eye chart, your vision is acceptable.
Here's a link to some helpful information about the vision requirements for a CDL.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I lost almost all vision in one eye and was able to have my optomotrist run some tests and fill out a form from fmsca that my examiner gave me at an exam where it was discovered. After taking it back to the examiner and showing I was under medical care by my physician for the diabetes that apparently caused it, as well as the optomotrist I was given a 1 year med card. I don't know if this helps at all, but thought it may. Good luck and God bless you and yours.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Dion, that is the way you pass the physical while having monocular vision. That is considered the Alternatve Vision Standard. Congratulations on navigating that process. This discussion about color blindness is a little different process. I'm not that familiar with it, but I know it's different than the Alternative Vision Standard.
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Can you tell me if having corrected cataracts and AMD automatically cause one to fail the CDL Physical?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: