The View from the High Street

The new licence laws may be a step in the right direction, but they are confusing.

For those of you who may have missed it, the latest 'Euro-isation' is to introduce by 2012 'appropriate investigation' of motorists' eyesight when they take their initial driving test and when they renew.

Drivers who hold a commercial licence would have to have an eye examination every five years and private licence holders every 10-15 years.

Having been involved in the long-running Specsavers' Drive Safe Roadshow, where I have had the opportunity to talk to the public at large about their driving habits, I was shocked when our research revealed that onein threedrivers are unlikely to meet the minimum driving requirement.