HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1857
the purpose of taking the final examination. A person licensed
to receive instruction and qualified to take the required exami-
nations for the license applied for must appear in person at the
Department of Motor Vehicles in Baltimore City, or at any of
the places throughout the State which the Department may
designate for the convenience of applicants.
83. EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS, (a) The Department
shall examine every applicant for an operator's or chauf-
feur's license, except as otherwise provided in this Article.
Such examination shall be held in the City of Baltimore or in
such other places as the Department might designate. It
shall include a test of the applicant's eyesight, ability to read
and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and di-
recting traffic, knowledge of the traffic laws of this State, and
shall include an actual demonstration of ability to exercise
ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor
vehicle, and such further physical and mental exami-
nation as the Department finds necessary to determine the ap-
plicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely upon the
highways.
(b) EYE TEST FOR VISUAL ACUITY—RESTRICTIONS. For an
unrestricted license, applicant shall be required to have a
minimum visual acuity of 20/70 in each eye, a field of vision
at least 140 degrees, and binocular vision.
Failure to meet the above requirements shall cause the li-
cense to be withheld until applicant ascertains whether any of
these conditions can be corrected by glasses or treatment.
In the event that they are corrected by glasses^ a restricted
license may be issued, endorsed "Holder Shall Wear Eye
Glasses When Operating. "
In case applicant cannot obtain 20/70 vision in each eye,
but obtains 20/70 in one eye and not less than 20/140 in the
other, or not less than 20/100 in each eye, a license restricting
holder to "Daylight Driving Only" may be issued and shall be
so endorsed.
(e) RESTRICTIONS IF BLIND IN RIGHT OR LEFT EYE. In case
applicant is totally blind in either eye and vision in see-
ing eye of 20/40 or better with or without glasses, an unre-
stricted license may be issued. With vision of not less than
20/70 in seeing eye license shall be restricted to "Daylight
Driving Only. "
In event glasses are required to bring vision in the seeing
eye to 20/40 or better, license shall bear this additional re-
striction: "Any Motor Vehicle Which the Applicant Drives
Shall Have a Properly Placed Rear View Mirror. "
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