Road crashes involving a driver with poor vision are estimated to cause 2,900 casualties and cost the UK £33m per year, reports OPTICIAN journal.
BRAKE, the road safety charity, is keen to boost awareness and engagement about improving eyesight regulations. Optical professionals have long campaigned for thorough eye examinations to be included in the driving test, with regular vision checks to ensure that distance and peripheral vision is corrected to meet the demanding needs of driving on fast, busy, roads. The profession is keen to stress that the number plate check has not changed since the driving test was first introduced in 1935 and takes no account of low light conditions and peripheral vision.

Most first world countries require a visual acuity test to be carried out as part of the licensing process. Don’t wait for an accident – have a sight test…..