Current vision tests for drivers have been branded ‘long out of date’ by road safety organisation and breakdown-assistance provider GEM Motoring Assist.
Poor vision is a factor in over 3,000 fatal and serious injury collisions in the UK every year, prompting GEM’s road safety officer Neil Worth to call for legislative changes requiring all drivers to undergo detailed eye examinations every 10 years.
Worth explained: ‘We believe it is entirely practical and sensible to require a test of visual acuity every 10 years, something that would fit in with license renewal.
‘Tests of this kind would not only make our roads safer, but they would also play a vital role in the early diagnosis of many other costly medical conditions, irrespective of driving.’
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