![]() ![]() So for the past last 11 years, New York State drivers were required to take the test. Pataki ignored suggestions from doctors for years that the state should bring back the exam, saying that it could cost millions of dollars. ![]() From 1993 through 2000 renewers didn’t need to pass any vision testing and the agency said in a statement that eliminating the test had “no The agency has gone back and forth on its policy over the years. If they are getting a commercial license or a driver’s license for the first time, they still must take a vision test, which typically requires drivers waiting on a long line to read a line from an eye chart. Fiala, said in a statement issued Monday. Instead, New Yorkers will “self-certify” that they can see what’s on the road when they renew their licenses, the agency’s commissioner, Barbara J. Starting on Wednesday, the Department of Motor Vehicles will no longer require New Yorkers to pass a vision test before renewing a driver’s license. New York drivers worried about having to read a line on an eye chart to renew their license can rest easy.
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