Chris Bennett: Missed chance to drive home message

All is fair in love, war and PR so it’s a bit of a shame that an opportunity has been missed to press home the message on vision testing for older drivers.

Prince Philip’s prang in Norfolk last week couldn’t possibly have commanded more airtime. While questions were raised over older drivers’ fitness the media coverage concentrated on the way the crash was handled by the Palace and the lack of contact made with the unfortunate victim.

Given the circumstances of the incident, and the mess left behind, it appears most involved got off relatively lightly. But it could have been much worse. Any action taken to avoid a repeat seems desirable.