Your health and driving — California Permit Test

You must be able to notice hazards in different types of lighting, judge distances, adjust to traffic speed and read road signs.

Driving is mostly looking, and the rest of it is acting on what you saw in time.

Vision – You must be able to notice hazards in different types of lighting,

It is illegal to wear a headset or earplugs in both ears while driving.

A siren behind you is a warning you can only act on if you can hear it coming.

It is illegal to wear a headset or earplugs in both ears while driving.

Fatigue and drowsiness can affect your vision and increase your reaction time to hazards.

A tired driver sees the same thing a rested one does, just a second or two later.

Fatigue and Drowsiness – Can affect your vision and increase reaction time to hazards.

Prescription and over-the-counter medications can make you an unsafe driver, and it is your responsibility to know their effects.

A pill from a pharmacy can make you as sleepy as a late night, and the law treats it the same.

Medications – Prescription and over-the-counter medications can make you an unsafe driver.

Physicians must report patients who are at least 14 years old to DMV for medical conditions that may affect safe driving, such as a lapse of consciousness.

A driver who blacks out at the wheel cannot correct anything, so a doctor who sees it must say so.

Health – Physicians are required to report patients, who are at least 14 years old, to DMV for medical conditions that may affect your ability to drive safely, such as lapse of consciousness.

What must your eyesight let you do as a driver?

Spot hazards, judge distance and read signs. Driving is mostly looking, and the rest of it is acting on what you saw in time. California Driver’s Handbook, p.9: “Vision – You must be able to notice hazards in different types of lighting,”