Where is the code ? I can’t see any on mine. I was wearing distance glasses when I took my test and did the eyesight distance test wearing them but nothing was said. This was nearly 40 years ago though. Is this requirement maybe for people with more complicated eyesight issues rather than someone who has simple moderate shortsightedness ?
Just looked up the codes and it’s 01 rather than 10 for eyesight. I looked at my license as I have code 115 and that says I’ve agreed to be an organ donor which I haven’t 
Ah, just realised you said code 01. Not sure why code 10 was in my head
Were you wearing your glasses when you looked at your licence? 
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Identical in all respects to my situation! I too have no code 01, just 115 which I gather from you is organ donor related. I would almost certainly have asked to be a donor, so at least that’s accurate in my case.
Since I am a Speccy Four-eyes and have been since early teenage years I have code 01 in column 12 (the rightmost column on the back of the licence) against all my vehicle categories.
There is an additional “column 12” code right at at the bottom of the licence for 115 (organ donor).
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French people are all organ donors unless they opt out.
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Hi, When I was living in France it took the sous prefecture 5 months to produce a French license when I asked for one and they kept my NZ one. So I went online and ordered another NZ license, telling them I had lost it. Voila, I eventually had both licenses. Now in the process of organising to come back to France. Eventually I will have to swap my French pink card for the new credit card-sized driver license and my NZ one will eventually stop being valid as they are only valid 10 years.
It’s been like that in the UK for some time now - I think it was introduced in 1994. If you have opted out then your driving licence will reflect that. If you haven’t then you’re deemed to be a donor.
Upside down?
Right hand column on rear of licence.
When applying for a licence the need for spex should have been declared.
When you took your test if you were wearing glasses then the examiner should have checked your licence before starting the test drive.
OK, I’ve looked at this a bit more and found this on gov.uk on the same page I quoted before
You must tell DVLA if you’ve got any problem with your eyesight that affects both of your eyes, or the remaining eye if you only have one eye.
This does not include being short or long sighted or colour blind. You also do not need to say if you’ve had surgery to correct short sightedness and can meet the eyesight standards.
It’s all a bit complicated really
Keep trying. You will eventually convince somebody that black is white.
The standard of vision for driving as applied in the UK is a joke. All you have to do is to read a clean car number plate from 20 metres in good daylight. There are many people who can do that, but who have ophthalmic issues such as cataracts or excess sensitivity to flare or glare which mean that they really shouldn’t be driving, especially at night.
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No, colour blindness is a different issue.
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The world is made up of rules and laws we are supposed to follow.
I suspect no one can claim 100% conformity to such regulations but many like to think they do, and insist on telling you so.
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One that brings its own complications. I had a friend who was red/green colourblind and when he moved too Germany he discovered a problem that he hadn’t experienced in the U.K. He said that in the U.K. all filter arrows at traffic lights were green but in Germany they had red ones as well. He couldn’t tell the difference. His condition had a much bigger effect on his private pilot’s licence. He was not allowed to fly in the dark and even worse for him he was not allowed to fly commercially in any form other than towing those adverts that pass by beaches. He had wanted to become a professional pilot. The colour blindness even affected his professional life as we used a formative assessment process that used a code based on red and green symbols.
And apparently not reportable.
I’m just quoting what the gov.uk site says in regard to the reportability of various medical conditions. Reading the whole page, it is a bit confusing initially but it does say further down that myopia and hyperopia are not reportable. Take from that what you will 
But you are ignoring what Kim told you that you have to do. The fact is that people who take their test wearing glasses have that noted and they are obliged to wear glasses while the code is on their licence. If a professional medical person agrees with your assessment you can get the code removed but until then the law applies. I don’t understand why you are fighting a corner that cannot win.
But I did report it, and I was wearing glasses during the test and have no code 01 on my license. And I’m not the only one. What to do.
In that case what is the problem? I just pointed out that if you took your test wearing glasses you needed to wear glasses while driving. Kim confirmed that. If no code appears on your licence nobody will expect you to need glasses. There are however a huge number of people who did not need glasses when they took their test who will be driving with eyesight that does not meet the standard required. It was simply an example of why self certification is a pointless exercise. My eyesight might well be up to the legal minimum but I would never drive without glasses because I know how much more I see when wearing them.
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