New research hot off the press from Specsavers Opticians shows that one in four drivers fall below the recommended eyesight standard for road safety.
A further one in four said they had never undergone a sight test, and 60% of UK and Irish drivers would get their eyes checked more regularly if it helped to lower the cost of their car insurance.
The objective of the Specsavers Drive Safe campaign is to significantly increase awareness of the importance of wearing the correct prescription eyewear when driving and also to encourage people to have more regular sight tests.
The majority of people surveyed were male (54%), of which 30% did not reach the legal driving standard recommended by the police and Department of Transport. This compared to only 20% of the women surveyed.
Additional research commissioned by Specsavers, on professional drivers, showed that 83% of employers do not ensure that their company vehicle drivers have their eyes tested.
This statistic is worsened by the fact that 98% of company drivers believe that road accidents can be caused by poor vision.
Sorry, I am a bit confused here. Surely drivers must realise its time to visit the opticians as they fail to see a ‘no-entry’ sign or the car in front is actually a little bit closer than they thought.
I cannot believe these offenders would be so blindingly daft.
FemaleFirst - Jackie Violet