What is the name of your state? Indiana
The other night I was driving after midnight and got scared because I was being followed very closely. I didn't realize it was a police officer, and being a single female driving alone on a very dark road after midnight I was nervous, I was slowing down and going off to the side (in hopes the person would pass me).
He follwed me all the way into my apartments and then turned on his lights and pulled me over.
I had just lost my glasses, so I was not wearing my glasses, but I told him that I do not have a restriction on my license for glasses, and that I don't really even need them. I have 20/20 vision in both eyes, and the eye doctor said that I just shoudl wear them if my eyes get strained (since I work in front of a computer all day and often I do have strained eyes, so it just makes me more comfortable to have them on, but I don't require them). He said that my eyes have improved over time.
The police officer looked at my license though, and found that I DO have a glasses restriction.
I really thought that last time I got my license renewed I passed the eye test WITHOUT my glasses on. However the restriction is still on there, and I didn't know it.
Last time i went to the eye doctor, he said that my glasses prescription was TOO STRONG and that I really don't even need glasses, but he reduced my prescrption to very very very mild glasses to just wear when my eyes are strained. I only wear them when I drive or when I'm looking at a transparancy projector with small print in a class or something. I do feel more comfortable with them when I drive, and I always do wear them while driving, but I had JUST lost them a few days before and had ordered new ones. I didn't think I HAD to wear them when I drive though, because I didn't realize I had the restriction; I really see fine.
Anyway, so the police office said that it was a Class C Misdemeanor for me to be driving without my glasses, and now I have to go to court this Thursday. He said I could go to jail and will probably get my license revoked.
The following day after this happened, I got my new glasses, and I also got a note from the eye doctor saying that i have 20/20 vision in both eyes and do not need glasses to drive.
I am not sure what I should do. Woul my note from the eye doctor help me at all? I realize it doesn't change the fact that I was driving without my glasses when the license at the time said
that I needed them,but I figured that it woudl at least give credibililty to my story (i.e. the truth) that I didn't think I had the restriction on my license.
Any advice?
Angie
The other night I was driving after midnight and got scared because I was being followed very closely. I didn't realize it was a police officer, and being a single female driving alone on a very dark road after midnight I was nervous, I was slowing down and going off to the side (in hopes the person would pass me).
He follwed me all the way into my apartments and then turned on his lights and pulled me over.
I had just lost my glasses, so I was not wearing my glasses, but I told him that I do not have a restriction on my license for glasses, and that I don't really even need them. I have 20/20 vision in both eyes, and the eye doctor said that I just shoudl wear them if my eyes get strained (since I work in front of a computer all day and often I do have strained eyes, so it just makes me more comfortable to have them on, but I don't require them). He said that my eyes have improved over time.
The police officer looked at my license though, and found that I DO have a glasses restriction.
I really thought that last time I got my license renewed I passed the eye test WITHOUT my glasses on. However the restriction is still on there, and I didn't know it.
Last time i went to the eye doctor, he said that my glasses prescription was TOO STRONG and that I really don't even need glasses, but he reduced my prescrption to very very very mild glasses to just wear when my eyes are strained. I only wear them when I drive or when I'm looking at a transparancy projector with small print in a class or something. I do feel more comfortable with them when I drive, and I always do wear them while driving, but I had JUST lost them a few days before and had ordered new ones. I didn't think I HAD to wear them when I drive though, because I didn't realize I had the restriction; I really see fine.
Anyway, so the police office said that it was a Class C Misdemeanor for me to be driving without my glasses, and now I have to go to court this Thursday. He said I could go to jail and will probably get my license revoked.
The following day after this happened, I got my new glasses, and I also got a note from the eye doctor saying that i have 20/20 vision in both eyes and do not need glasses to drive.
I am not sure what I should do. Woul my note from the eye doctor help me at all? I realize it doesn't change the fact that I was driving without my glasses when the license at the time said
that I needed them,but I figured that it woudl at least give credibililty to my story (i.e. the truth) that I didn't think I had the restriction on my license.
Any advice?
Angie