Top Vision

To qualify for an unrestricted license, you must have a visual acuity of at least 20/40 using both eyes without the aid of corrective lenses, and have a minimum combined horizontal field vision of 120 degrees.

If you need glasses or contacts, your license will have a restriction indicating that they must be worn whenever you're driving.

If you fail the vision test, your eye doctor will need to send a completed Driver Vision Evaluation form to the Driver Services division of the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) indicating that you see well enough to meet the state standards, in order for you to be granted a license.

In some circumstances, applicants may be granted a license with limited driving privileges, such as only being allowed to drive during daylight. Some drivers may be required to have their doctor submit a completed Driver Vision Evaluation form indicating satisfactory vision in order to retain their driving privileges.

Top Hearing

Those with a hearing impairment may be allowed to drive with the use of special outside rear view mirrors. Contact an exam station for more information.

Top Seizures and Other Medical Conditions

Individuals with certain medical conditions that may interfere with the ability to drive safely face additional hurdles when obtaining or retaining a driver's license.

For instance, the Driver Services division can require that a satisfactory medical evaluation be filed by your doctor annually in order for you to maintain driving privileges.

Whenever applying for or renewing a license, you will be asked if you've lost consciousness within the past five years because of a seizure, insulin shock, or stroke. If you have, you'll need to attach a letter to your application explaining your condition. At a minimum, applicants must be seizure-free for at least three months before being granted a license.

Even if you haven't experienced a loss of consciousness, you must list any mental or physical conditions you have which could interfere with your ability to drive safely.

You may be required to have your doctor submit a completed medical evaluation of your health to Driver Services. The division will evaluate the report, and decide whether to grant you full, limited, or no driving privileges, and may also attach any conditions to its ruling that it feels is necessary to ensure your driving safety.

Those who have been denied driving privileges may make a written request to have an independent examiner review the matter within 20 days of the ruling. The hearing examiner's ruling may also be appealed.

Top Reporting an Unsafe Driver

While doctors, police officers, and court officials routinely report motorists to Driver Services who they feel may no longer be fit to safely operate a vehicle, family members may do the same with a relative.

To do so, send a letter to Driver Services with as much information as you can provide about the situation, including the driver's name, address, phone number, license number, and license plate number. Also give your name, address, and phone number, as anonymous letters are not accepted.

Include a detailed explanation as to why you feel the family member may no longer be fit to drive, in order to give Driver Services a firm idea on how best to handle the situation.

Send the letter to:

• Driver Services

• 5300 Bishop Blvd.

• Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340

The division will investigate the matter, and may force the driver to undergo a medical evaluation in order to keep driving privileges. The driver's medical doctor will then need to submit a completed medical evaluation form to the division for review.

Depending upon the evaluation, more testing may be required. Or, the division may make a ruling at that point to allow the individual to continue driving at the current rate, impose restrictions on driving privileges, or simply cancel the license. Additionally, conditions may be attached to the ruling, requiring the driver to submit periodic medical evaluations in order to keep driving.

Those who have been denied driving privileges may make a written request to have an independent examiner review the matter within 20 days of the ruling. The hearing examiner's ruling may also be appealed.

Top Contact Information

To request additional information on these sensitive and important matters, contact Driver Services at:

• Driver Services

• 5300 Bishop Blvd.

• Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340

• Phone: (307) 777-4800 or (307) 777-4810

• Fax: (307) 777-4803

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