Failing To Wear Glasses On The Road

Drivers are required to wear glasses or contact lenses every time they drive if they need them to meet the ‘standards of vision for driving’. The standards of vision for driving is that you must be able to read a car number plate made after 1 September 2001 from 20 metres. Despite this, millions of motorists are driving blind on Britain’s roads, because they are too vain to wear their glasses.

A survey conducted has found that one in eight motorists who should wear glasses when behind the wheel admits to driving without them.

According to the survey, those under 44 were 15 times more likely to leave their glasses at home than the over-55s, and 43 per cent of those who admitted to not wearing glasses when driving when they should said it was down to vanity. Other said it was either too much hassle or they regularly forgot their glasses before getting in the car.

Drivers caught not wearing their classes risk heavy fines and even losing their licence.

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