Simon Jones: Time to drive through change

It’s frustrating that it has taken the words of a senior coroner at an inquest into the deaths of four people at the hands of drivers with poor vision, for the mainstream media to cotton on to the fact that the mechanisms in place for ensuring drivers’ vision are up to scratch is not fit for purpose.  

It has been perfectly clear to anyone with an iota of common sense that the system is, at best, broken and, at worst, non-existent. 

The most damning indictment of just how out of touch the DVLA is on this matter, was senior coroner for Lancashire Dr James Adeley’s revelation about the criminal offence of failing to tell the agency of a new or worsening eyesight condition from the age of 70, which is punishable by a fine of up to £1,000.