{"id":677532,"date":"2026-01-06T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/677532\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:07:09","slug":"drivers-over-70-to-face-eye-tests-every-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/677532\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Edmund King, president of the AA motoring organisation, said: &#8220;Eye tests are free for people over the age of 60 anyway and healthcare professionals advise them every two years given they can help with diagnosis of other underlying conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In fact, the AA advises everyone to have an eye test every two years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Drivers in the UK must be able to read a number plate from 20 meters away, according to the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA). <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But currently, drivers of any age are not required to prove their skills or health once they obtain their licence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Drivers must tell the DVLA if they become unfit to drive, but this is a self-reporting system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lilian Greenwood, local transport minister, said: &#8220;We know driving can be very important for older people&#8217;s wellbeing and help them to live independently, but we must also make sure everyone is safe on our roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As the country&#8217;s older population grows, our plans in the first road safety strategy in more than a decade will preserve personal freedoms where possible with action to save lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmund King, president of the AA motoring organisation, said: &#8220;Eye tests are free for people over the age&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-677532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115847839376278522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}