A 4-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Every permit and license applicant takes a vision test. Depending on what you're applying for, you may also take a written test and a drive test in a vehicle you provide. Here's what each test checks and what happens after you pass or fail.
Know the rule
The vision test is given to all non-commercial permit and operator license applicants. It measures visual acuity and peripheral vision.
There is a separate written test for each class of license. This manual covers the LPE, LPD, SCP, POP and Class O tests; Class M and CDL have their own manuals.
Driver licensing staff may, at their discretion, give a drive test to any license applicant. You must furnish the vehicle, and it must represent the type of license you're applying for.
Fail three successive Class O or Class M drive tests and you can't reapply until you complete a DMV-approved driver training course or have held an LPD for at least 90 days.
Your only car is a 1970 pickup. Because it is a 1964-or-later model, it needs a clean, working passenger seat belt for the examiner, plus working brake lights and speedometer. If you fail the drive test, you can't retake it that day.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
What does the DMV vision test measure?
Only distance vision
Reaction time and depth perception
Visual acuity and peripheral vision
Color blindness only
Answer: Visual acuity and peripheral vision
The vision test measures visual acuity and peripheral vision.