I’m an American and my vision, fully corrected, is right at the legal borderline to get a license without restrictions. I’ve never “failed” a vision exam at the DMV; one time the clerk even said, “good enough”. (Don’t worry, I never drive, I only keep my license up to date for serious emergencies).

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AustinDev 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A serious emergency isn't going to be helped by someone with very little driving experience. I don't follow your reasoning. If it was a serious emergency who would care if you had a license?

	▲	zdragnar 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		A police officer would. The penalty for an accident might be negligent driving. The penalty for an accident without a license is, at minimum, driving without a license. You're also not likely to be covered by insurance without one either, even if you're not at fault.
	▲	margalabargala 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		People think about things differently. It may be that for OP, "but I don't have a license" would cause a second thought and waste time in an emergency. They may be self aware enough to head that off.

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orochimaaru 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You also need a drivers license that doubles up as a real id if you want to travel by air. So the issuance of a DL isn't just for driving.

I'm not sure if they give regular state id's as real id.

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mikkupikku an hour ago | parent | next [-]

This is one of the strangest internet myths. Every single state in America will issue a photo ID which is fully equivalent to a drivers license for every purpose other than permitting you to drive.

Also, you don't need "Real ID" to fly no matter what they say. You don't even need a photo ID at all (although they'll force you to waste time if you don't have one. I found this out when I lost mine but still had to travel.)

	▲	lostlogin 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Here in New Zealand you don’t need any ID to fly (nationally), so even the claim that ID is required is shaky.

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j-wags an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

At least in CA, the DMV does issue Real ID state IDs. I have one.

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rootusrootus an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

At least in Oregon they definitely do offer non-driver real ID cards. I’d guess that’s likely true everywhere.