Today our chair Rob Heard MBE, Eye Health UK and University of Warwick have launched our third annual roadside vision screening campaign to raise awareness of eyesight rules for motorists called the ‘Is Your Vision Roadworthy?’
We are working with Police Forces and Road Safety Partnerships across the UK to conduct 20 metre number plate tests and run community engagement activities to remind motorists of their legal obligation to meet the legal eyesight standards.
The campaign, which runs from Monday 27th October – Sunday 9th November 2025, was supported by senior road policing officials at its official launch during the UKROEd road safety conference last week. Photos shows: Rob Heard MBE, CC Jo Shiner, PCC lead Joy Allen BA Hons MSc MBA and Chief Supt Marc Clothier
David Cartwight chair of the charity Eye Health UK explains: “Road safety starts with clear vision. Ninety percent of the information a driver uses is visual, yet many motorists are unaware of their legal responsibility to meet eyesight standards for driving. Worryingly, when we last surveyed motorists’ vision 4 in 10 drivers had not had a sight test in the last two years, as recommended.”
Rob Heard MBE, chair of the Older Drivers Forum, said: “This campaign is a timely reminder of motorists’ responsibility to ensure their vision is fit to drive and highlights the fact that routine sight tests are important safety checks, just like an MOT is for your car. It also keeps the issue of vision and driving in the spotlight ahead of the Department of Transport’s forthcoming Road Safety Strategy.”
Visit the campaign website https://www.visionanddriving.info for practical advice and information about keeping vision roadworthy as well as information about the legal eyesight standards and eye conditions that need to be notified to the DVLA / DVA.
If you wish details of the Resource Pack on how you can support this campaign then please get in contact with me
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