{"id":9800,"date":"2026-01-06T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9800"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:50:46","slug":"drivers-over-70-to-face-eye-tests-every-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9800","title":{"rendered":"Drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Drivers over the age of 70 will have to have their vision checked every three years, under plans to reform driving laws in Britain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The changes are part of the government&#8217;s new road safety strategy, which will be published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Other proposed measures include lowering the drink-driving limit in England to match the limit in Scotland, and giving penalty points for not wearing seatbelts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">These <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5yllgezjk3o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">measures were first reported in August<\/a> and are expected to be confirmed in this week&#8217;s strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Last year, an inquest into the deaths of four people killed by drivers with failing vision said <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/czrv1g2yl0xo\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">enforcement of eyesight standards on the roads was &#8220;ineffective and unsafe&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">HM Senior Coroner for Lancashire Dr James Adeley pointed out that the UK was one of only three countries to rely on self-reporting of visual conditions affecting the ability to drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He called the licensing system &#8220;the laxest in Europe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Drivers #face #eye #tests #years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers over the age of 70 wil&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}