WHAT IS THE LAW ABOUT VISION AND DRIVING?
You must wear glasses or contact lenses every time you drive if you need them to meet the ‘standards of vision for driving’.
You must be able to read a registration plate from 20 metres (approximately five car lengths). It is an offence to drive with uncorrected defective eyesight.
Section 96 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 provides this power. The test can be carried out between 8am and 9pm, only in daylight.
What if I refuse to do the test?
If the officer has a reasonable suspicion that you have been driving while your eyesight is such that you could not pass the test and you refuse to do so, you are committing an offence.
The Police can, and do, require drivers who they have stopped to take an on-the-spot roadside eyesight test to prove that they can read a number plate from 20 metres if they are concerned about their eyesight.There is a fast track system whereby a decision to revoke your licence can be quickly made, such a decision taking place within hours. Once your licence is revoked, it will be not be returned until you can demonstrate that your eyesight meets the required standard.
Driving with uncorrected defective eyesight or refusing to submit to a test of vision carries a fine, discretionary disqualification and an obligatory endorsement of three penalty points.
To eradicate uncorrected defective eyesight we bring our Police Interceptor to your place of business where our uniformed officers will carry out a non evasive confidential eyesight mock road test where only your employee knows the result of the test.
Support Vehicle's eyesight mock road test is not intended to replace detailed examinations from a qualified eye health professional but to inform the people who need further examination of the legal consequences of defective eyesight.
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