Drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years

Drivers over the age of 70 will need their vision checked every three years under plans to reform driving laws in Britain.

The changes are part of the government’s new road safety strategy to be published on Wednesday.

Other proposed measures include lowering the drink-driving limit in England to match the limit in Scotland and giving penalty points for not wearing a seatbelt.

These The measures were first reported in August and is expected to be confirmed in this week’s strategy.

In the investigation into the deaths of four people killed by visually impaired drivers last year, Enforcement of vision standards on roads was ‘ineffective and unsafe’.

HM Lancashire Senior Coroner Dr. James Adeley pointed out that the UK is one of three countries that rely on self-reporting of vision conditions affecting the ability to drive.

He described the licensing system as “the laxest system in Europe”.