11% drive in sun with uncorrected vision

A quarter of UK spectacle wearers are not using proper eye correction and protection while driving in bright sunlight according to a summer survey by Vision Express.

The retail optical chain quizzed 830 members of the public on their attitudes towards sunglasses and their behaviour in sunny weather.

When the sun starts to shine people's habits change, says the survey, with more people spending more time in the sun. However, the survey shows that just 27 per cent wear sunglasses to protect their eyes while soaking up the sun.

Of those questioned 64 per cent required corrective eyewear but less than half had prescription sunglasses. Half of those questioned said the reason they didn't have prescription eyewear was that it wasn't necessary to see well in the sun.