No, I'm sorry I don't believe you can!

You shouldn't drive right away. If you have to drive right away. Take sunglasses with you. The UV rays in bright sunlight can damage your eyes when they are dilated.

No you cannot drive..the receptionist told me before hand that I would be okay..I had to drive my car afterward (it was parked in a 1 hour zone) and I couldn't read the street signs or anything. I had to park the car and take a taxi home..It was a dangerous experience...I was nearly blind. It took a few hours for the effect to wear off.

i don't know , but that does not sound very safe

If they dilate both your eyes then you definitely cannot drive... I had this conversation with a doctor after I had an inflamed iris a few months ago - even though only one of my eyes was affected he still advised me not to drive right away, even though I was legally allowed to because I had one fully-functioning eye, so if BOTH eyes are dilated then driving right away is a definite no-no. Judging from my experiences, I would expect it to take at least 6 hours or so before driving becomes a possibility at all, and that is at the minimum.

I did.I went to the eye doctor and they tested my eye sight and I had to wear these ugly stupid sunglasses on a very bright day.It is ok to drive as long as you protect your eyes.

You can, as long as you wear sunglasses.

I had my eyes dialated at the vision center at Wal-Mart and they told me to wait one hour before leaving the store. It was still fuzzy driving, but not horrible (I had no sunglasses...should have bought some while I was walking around the store killing an hour!)

In Feb. last year I went too the eye dr. He put dialating fluid into my eyes and said that it will take about 15 minutes for them to fully dialate. I asked him if I can go have a cigarette while waiting. He said yes so I went out too have a cigarette and the bright light was so painful I couldn't finish and went back in. When he came back into the room I told him how bad the bright light was. He said nothing about it and went onto checking my eyes. When he was done I left and could barley walk to my car it was so painfull and I could barely see. So I went back into the place and asked the receptionest If they had some glasses that I can wear because I can barely see and I have to drive home. So she gave me a pair. Still even with the glases I could barely see driving home.I don't know why the dr. didn't give me sun glasses when I went out for my cigarette or when I went out too my car too go home. I finally got home and the dilating fluid didn't wear off for two days. After it wore off all I see is floaters , specks and hairs all day long .Whe I go outside it is much worse.When I watch tv there is always light above and under the tv screen. The floaters are so bad they interfere with my whole life. I've been back to that eye dr. twice after that and he states that there is nothing wrong with my eyes and the dilating fluid is harmless and couldn't have caused damage to my eyes.I asked if there was someone else I can see concearning my eyes because my healthcare needs a referral from another dr.So He referred me to a eye neurologyst. I've seen him from Feb. 07 until Oct. 07. During my time seeing him he ran numerous eye tests and states that there is nothing wrong with my eyes. He said that the eye dialating fluid can not cause any damage. I stopped going to him because he was treeating me like I was crazy and there was nothing wrong with my eyes. Now I am stuck with this problem and don't know what to do. I'm wondering if the damage can be reversed. I don't know if I should see a lawyer for negligence for not giving me glasses to wear outside. I'm also wondering which kind of dialating fluid lasts 2 days? Please If anyone has any suggestions or ideas please respond. So I walked

In response to Shasta I work in ophthalmology. The dilation drops would not have caused your problems. The only reason we recommend wearing sunglasses after dilation is for your comfort. After dilation your eyes lose the inability to focus up close and become light sensative. If it is bright outside - then you would need sunglasses. Not everyone reacts the same to dilation. The dr you went to or the receptionist should have offered you sunglasses but they are not negligent because they didn't. I am not sure how old you are but as you age it is natural to get floaters. The fact that you are just now noticing them is probably a coincidence. If the floaters are bothering you so bad that they are interferring with your daily activities - go back to the doctor. There are things they can do to help that. As far as the dilation lasting 2 days - as I said before, it affects everyone differently. You are probably sensative to it. FYI - there are different strengths of drops too. They could have possibly used a stronger drop on you. There are some drops that last up to a month. I hope this information helps!

Hi, I just had three eye operations last year and I had my eyes really dialated and I couldn't even see to get out of the eye doctor's office! Get a friend to drive you home. Wait until you can see to drive, and that can be anything from an hour or two, or in my case several hours before the pupil reverts to normal. Good luck.