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Minister defends proposals to ban over 70s from driving if they fail new compulsory eye tests
The UK government aims to reduce rising road deaths by requiring mandatory eyesight tests for older drivers after a 47% increase in serious collisions involving this group since 2010.
- Campaigner Brenda Gutberlet welcomed plans earlier this year to mandate eyesight tests for drivers aged over 60, following her niece’s death in 2006.
- While using a pelican crossing, Natalie Wade was hit and died five days later when a 78-year-old driver blind in one eye struck her in Rochford.
- Meanwhile, collisions involving drivers aged over 60 have risen by 47% since 2010, a trend campaigner Edmund King called “long overdue” to address.
- If enacted, the UK scheme could prevent 58 deaths and over 1,600 serious injuries annually, Steve Gooding said all drivers should take eye tests.
- Dame Rebecca Harris said she looks forward to seeing full details later in the year, after the Department for Transport was told to add at least 1,000 more roads officers.
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The Independent (US)Testing elderly drivers’ eyesight won’t make our roads much safer – but this might…
If the government really wants to shake up Britain’s driving laws, banning the over-70s who fail compulsory eye tests barely scratches the passenger’s side, says Sean O’Grady
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