Vision Express urges pre-summer holiday eye checks

Drivers heading away at the start of the summer holidays have been urged to get their eyes checked following new research from Vision Express that found a third of UK drivers were overdue an eye test.

According to the research, 50% of Britons planned to have their main holiday in the UK this year, compared to 38% in 2016, increasing the pressure on roads.

Basingstoke teacher Greg Archer led the calls for drivers to have regular eye tests after he learned that he had put his family at risk due to a decade-overdue eye test, that was eventually carried out at Vision Express, found impaired vision in his right eye.