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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London

A local elderly chap is frankly in pseudo Mr Magoo territory.

He recently told me that he's a trifle economical with the truth when filling out his driving licence renewal form regarding the vision question.

I shudder to think at how many similar scenarios exist on our roads ?

Should you have to pass your driving test the once only and that's it ?

Would road deaths and accident statistics significantly be reduced by bringing in legislation on retesting at a certain age ?

How about having to pass your test every say ten years regardless of your age as drivers can get lazy re bad habits and rusty to the highway code ?

If you receive a driving ban for whatever reason should you have to pass a fresh test to prove competency ?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I think a ban should mean for life. I also think should retake a test every 10 years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For certain driving bans, depending on what the offence was, you do have to take another test. The partner of one of Ruby's best friends did a runner from the scene of a crash (which he caused) whilst 'under the influence'. Once his ban was up, he had to go on a 3-day intensive course run by the Police and then they gave him THEIR kind of driving test in addition to the normal DSA one.

He came back knackered....

ted.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a bit much have to retake every 10 years. I'm learning just now and it's hard enough let alone when u get into habits doing things own way rather than the daft perfect thry wave for test

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol


"It's a bit much have to retake every 10 years. I'm learning just now and it's hard enough let alone when u get into habits doing things own way rather than the daft perfect thry wave for test "

is it not the daft perfect thry wave for test for a reason ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Would possibly improve some of the driving standards, I'm a gas safe engineer and have to resit my exams every 5 years, if I'm not competent it would put peoples lives at risk, same as bad driving yet you can drive for over 60-70 years on the strength of one test.

Gas Safe is more expensive than a driving test to...

Would need a lot more driving test examiners though so would create jobs and improve safety on the roads, so could be a good thing.

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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London


"Would possibly improve some of the driving standards, I'm a gas safe engineer and have to resit my exams every 5 years, if I'm not competent it would put peoples lives at risk, same as bad driving yet you can drive for over 60-70 years on the strength of one test.

Gas Safe is more expensive than a driving test to...

Would need a lot more driving test examiners though so would create jobs and improve safety on the roads, so could be a good thing. "

Good points and a quality posting as per usual

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By *az1312Woman
over a year ago

Somewhere near Coventry

The subject title just really made me laugh

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

I'm not sure about a full re-test every ten years but I do think it would be a good idea to have to drive around for half an hour with an examiner just to check that you're not dangerous and maybe dropping to every other year beyond the age of say 65 or 70.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to do yearly refresh tests for work. Such a pain. Personally having gone through theory test and then struggling thru practical test then be able to enjoy driving for while then know got to retake awful test in x number of years would put me off. The test isn't real life driving which is what pisses me off,if ur goin shopping n park in a space as long as in space who cares unlike test if ur an inch over line u fail.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not sure about a full re-test every ten years but I do think it would be a good idea to have to drive around for half an hour with an examiner just to check that you're not dangerous and maybe dropping to every other year beyond the age of say 65 or 70. "

Makes lot more sense for older drivers. Maybe do that every 4-6 years over age of 60 but not as strict a test more checking safe driving aspect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It's a bit much have to retake every 10 years. I'm learning just now and it's hard enough let alone when u get into habits doing things own way rather than the daft perfect thry wave for test "

And this illustrates why it would be a good idea to retest.

Maybe after the first 5 years drivers should have to sit an advanced driving course then retest on that at a set time.

After the britains worst drivers I'm of the opinion that if you cannot pass a driving test within 10 attempts (I'm feeling generous tonight) you should be given a bus pass and shown the door... Some people have no spatial awareness and really shouldn't be in control of a vehicle on a public highway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Driving inside lane M8 last week around 10pm. In mirror I saw three cars approaching in outside lane obviously bombing it.

As they pass I see the first car is boy racer...second car is much older guy in Audi (the new BMW)...pissed off that he can't get past the young guy...but what was most frightening is the third car...two young girls....and the driver is texting and laughing..and not 30 meters between the bonnet of the first car and the boot of the third...

And I bet if the next day each of these had to resist their test....they pass it easily...

Testing does not stop dangerous stupid driving...

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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London


" The subject title just really made me laugh"

The title is based on a true story from a friend who wears bifocal glasses and has borderline vision.

Some years ago he was taking driving lessons and with the test about to come up his father took him out for a drive.

My friend was really concerned regarding the 20 metre reading a number plate element of the test.

His dad measured out 20 metres and my friend was just about able to read out the plate correctly.

Come the day of the test my friend drives off and the examiner points to a vehicle of roughly 20 metres distance away.

"Can you read me the plate on that mini to your left please Sir ?"

Friend replied -

" I can barely see a mini " and promptly failed said test.

He appealed against the failure stating that the car must have been well over 20 metres away and referenced that he had checked his eyesight with a dummy test prior.

After some delay he received a free retest where he read the plate of a closer car and promptly passed his test

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah think should be a cap of number times can take test as unlimited attempts of course will eventually pass. Barely legal drivers is good idea of having a camera monitor driving randomly for an hour see what like under real conditions if fail have to take a full test. Retaking full test would put off lot people driving not just the boy racers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Older drivers is pension age didn't learn with as much traffic on roads so I think a retest every 3 years after 60 us appropriate.

Im learning currently, its the oldies who are driving right up my back....not youngsters .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yeah think should be a cap of number times can take test as unlimited attempts of course will eventually pass. Barely legal drivers is good idea of having a camera monitor driving randomly for an hour see what like under real conditions if fail have to take a full test. Retaking full test would put off lot people driving not just the boy racers"

A friend has passed her test withing the last 12 months, and although not a fast driver, hasn't got a clue about lane discipline, her insurance company fits a black box which sends data to them, as she is on limited miles, if she drives sensibly they add free miles onto the total as the year progresses.

My Dad was a hgv driver, never took a hgv test as he got it by grandfathers rights when they brought the hgv licences into circulation. Their bosses just had to sign a form stating that they had been driving wagons for x amount of time. They changed the rules in the early 90's saying you had to have perfect vision and as he was blind in one eye from childhood they revoked his licence. He got it back with a letter from a solicitor due to grandfathers rights again. He crushed a lot of cars in his time Usually whilst reversing, nothing high speed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm not sure about a full re-test every ten years but I do think it would be a good idea to have to drive around for half an hour with an examiner just to check that you're not dangerous and maybe dropping to every other year beyond the age of say 65 or 70. "

Totally agree.... I'd be happy to do this.... I know I've picked up some "seasoned driver" habits in the last 30 years....

Just dont ask me to sit the theory....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Defo refresher tests. Road laws are always changing. Like if you're one of them nobheads who drives in the middle of the motorway at 60mph, your days are numbered!!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Defo refresher tests. Road laws are always changing. Like if you're one of them nobheads who drives in the middle of the motorway at 60mph, your days are numbered!!!!!! "

This really, if nothing else it will bring people up to scratch on new rules and regs. Motorway driving could be taught better, but not always practical, the nearest motorway to Plymouth is about 40 ish miles away. I hate it when you get someone who doesn't know how to join a motorway/dual carriageway and ends up stopped at the very end of a slip road trying to join a national speed limit road from a standstill...

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth

The standards of vision of some drivers concerns me greatly. I work in an opticians and every single day we see people who can clearly not read a number plate at the 20 metre distance but who do not/will not wear glasses or contact lenses. Our opticians tell them that they must wear glasses for driving but it is sometimes obvious that they will not do as they have been told. Their vanity seems much more important to them than their own safety and the safety of others around them

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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London


"The standards of vision of some drivers concerns me greatly. I work in an opticians and every single day we see people who can clearly not read a number plate at the 20 metre distance but who do not/will not wear glasses or contact lenses. Our opticians tell them that they must wear glasses for driving but it is sometimes obvious that they will not do as they have been told. Their vanity seems much more important to them than their own safety and the safety of others around them

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Vanity in such instances can definitely prove a lethal killer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The standards of vision of some drivers concerns me greatly. I work in an opticians and every single day we see people who can clearly not read a number plate at the 20 metre distance but who do not/will not wear glasses or contact lenses. Our opticians tell them that they must wear glasses for driving but it is sometimes obvious that they will not do as they have been told. Their vanity seems much more important to them than their own safety and the safety of others around them

"

In my job I'm legally obliged to report unsafe situations to the HSE, maybe opticians should be under obligation to report failures to the DVLA or whatever they call themselves these days. They could then issue them with a notice that requires them to wear glasses/contacts whilst driving. This would then be available to the police during the course of their inquires if they are stopped or have an accident. Putting peoples lives after their own vanity is really not acceptable.

I have heard it said that the road is a very forgiving place, in that we all at times make mistakes, and 99.99% of the time we get away with them...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Another way to screw yet more money out of motorists. road tax, fuel tax, vat on fuel and the fuel tax, tax on insurance, parking fees, tax on having a company car, tax on parking at work, congestion charges and then a fee to renew your licence every 10 years- unless you manage to retain your paper one....yes, pile it on- its fine

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth


"The standards of vision of some drivers concerns me greatly. I work in an opticians and every single day we see people who can clearly not read a number plate at the 20 metre distance but who do not/will not wear glasses or contact lenses. Our opticians tell them that they must wear glasses for driving but it is sometimes obvious that they will not do as they have been told. Their vanity seems much more important to them than their own safety and the safety of others around them

In my job I'm legally obliged to report unsafe situations to the HSE, maybe opticians should be under obligation to report failures to the DVLA or whatever they call themselves these days. They could then issue them with a notice that requires them to wear glasses/contacts whilst driving. This would then be available to the police during the course of their inquires if they are stopped or have an accident. Putting peoples lives after their own vanity is really not acceptable.

I have heard it said that the road is a very forgiving place, in that we all at times make mistakes, and 99.99% of the time we get away with them..."

Unfortunately in most cases all that can be done is to document in the patient records the fact that the patient has been told that glasses must be worn.

However, in the case of certain eye diseases or conditions the driver must declare them and the dvla will send the driver for additional tests before they allow them to drive

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

We think that if you walk into a car dealership and are looking to buy a Micra, Yaris ect just as you are about to pay the dealer should ask to see your llicence and then shred it. Have you noticed how many times you see the smallest cars taking up 2 or more spaces in car parks. How often they turn into a side road and end up right on the wrong side of the road... And to cap it off in London a few weeks back there was a broken down bus. The gap was just big enough for a 7.5 ton lorry, yet a woman had trouble getting her new Mini through...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Another way to screw yet more money out of motorists. road tax, fuel tax, vat on fuel and the fuel tax, tax on insurance, parking fees, tax on having a company car, tax on parking at work, congestion charges and then a fee to renew your licence every 10 years- unless you manage to retain your paper one....yes, pile it on- its fine "

Theory and practical tests currently cost £93 combined, so £9.30 a year less than 3 pints a year. What price would you put on (possibly) lives saved, or at the least getting all those crap drivers out of the way

They could ( you do realise this is all just yap) mitigate the costs by offering advanced tested drivers a longer period between retests.

Of course if you think the standard of driving is great...and that a test carried out up to 60 years prior is acceptable...

And to be honest if you visit some other countries it isn't that bad here but they will have higher death rates etc.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

The eyesight issue bothers me too.

I wear glasses or contact lenses all the time and have done since before school age. I still get comments from people about my eyesight but my sight gets tested every year and properly corrected.

When I pass comment about an opticians appointment an awful lot of people say they really should go. What's really scary is the fact that many of them haven't had a sight test for years!

How many forumites haven't had one recently? The recommendation is for a sight test every two years, whether you think you need one or not.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The eyesight issue bothers me too.

I wear glasses or contact lenses all the time and have done since before school age. I still get comments from people about my eyesight but my sight gets tested every year and properly corrected.

When I pass comment about an opticians appointment an awful lot of people say they really should go. What's really scary is the fact that many of them haven't had a sight test for years!

How many forumites haven't had one recently? The recommendation is for a sight test every two years, whether you think you need one or not."

I had one about 18 months ago through a work related thing, that was the first one in about a decade, prior to that every 5 years for a work related medical. Didn't realise you should have one at that frequency, luckily I've never failed one.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Age related sight degeneration can begin in the late thirties, so all those who are sure their eyesight is perfect (cos it was when their mum used to take them for a sight test) really ought to consider getting it checked.

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test.

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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London


"Age related sight degeneration can begin in the late thirties, so all those who are sure their eyesight is perfect (cos it was when their mum used to take them for a sight test) really ought to consider getting it checked.

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test."

These are good points

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By *athnBobCouple
over a year ago

sandwell

Our eyes are tested every 12 months. Will not take a chance with them.

As to retests. In favour of every 10 years. Every 5 when aged over 65 (and a doctors say so should NOT be enough in any case). Sorry, but please remember, to past the test you need to meet the MINIMUM standard for driving on a UK road. If you do not think you can meet this minimum you should not be driving.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield


"Age related sight degeneration can begin in the late thirties, so all those who are sure their eyesight is perfect (cos it was when their mum used to take them for a sight test) really ought to consider getting it checked.

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test.

These are good points"

Just out of curiosity when was your last sight test?

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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London


"Age related sight degeneration can begin in the late thirties, so all those who are sure their eyesight is perfect (cos it was when their mum used to take them for a sight test) really ought to consider getting it checked.

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test.

These are good points

Just out of curiosity when was your last sight test?"

As an ultra honest guy it was 22 years ago when I was at college.

Yourself ?

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield


"Age related sight degeneration can begin in the late thirties, so all those who are sure their eyesight is perfect (cos it was when their mum used to take them for a sight test) really ought to consider getting it checked.

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test.

These are good points

Just out of curiosity when was your last sight test?

As an ultra honest guy it was 22 years ago when I was at college.

Yourself ? "

Last year.

Ever thought you might be Mr Magoo and didn't even realise it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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As an ultra honest guy it was 22 years ago when I was at college.

Yourself ? "

Someone needs a boots card lol

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By *allDarkFoxForYou OP   Man
over a year ago

Winchester/London


"Age related sight degeneration can begin in the late thirties, so all those who are sure their eyesight is perfect (cos it was when their mum used to take them for a sight test) really ought to consider getting it checked.

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test.

These are good points

Just out of curiosity when was your last sight test?

As an ultra honest guy it was 22 years ago when I was at college.

Yourself ?

Last year.

Ever thought you might be Mr Magoo and didn't even realise it?"

I did sit watching my microwave for twenty minutes recently cursing the reception on BBC4

Sometimes get chauffeured re newspaper assignments.

Perhaps it should be considered compulsory re my contract ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Glasses are actually every 4 years testing contact lenses every 2 years. I do agree there should be a way opticians inform dvla if patient needs glasses for driving. £93 is poss today's price for test but it goes up each year and doesn't take into account couple of lessons to brush up skills for test. The test is lot stricter than the driving u do after pass. 10 years is too often for refresh retest.aybe every 20yrs fairer then every 3-5 when 65+ but defo not full test maybe just an examiner in car for 45mins 10 theory questions and sight check

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley


"A local elderly chap is frankly in pseudo Mr Magoo territory.

He recently told me that he's a trifle economical with the truth when filling out his driving licence renewal form regarding the vision question.

I shudder to think at how many similar scenarios exist on our roads ?

Should you have to pass your driving test the once only and that's it ?

Would road deaths and accident statistics significantly be reduced by bringing in legislation on retesting at a certain age ?

How about having to pass your test every say ten years regardless of your age as drivers can get lazy re bad habits and rusty to the highway code ?

If you receive a driving ban for whatever reason should you have to pass a fresh test to prove competency ? "

I think the sight test should be every year a lot change in twelve months with your eyes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Two different issues going on here: first, driver training. We are abysmally crap at training drivers in this country and it's high time we faced up to the fact. How the f**k can you live in a country which depends heavily on a motorway network and NOT include motorway driving in the test to get your first licence? Tells you loads about why the standard of driving on our motorways specially is so bad.

Okay, first rantette over..

Second point - Eyesight. If you made eyesight tests compulsory every three years from the moment you get your first full licence, the effect (in ones humble opinion having been a 'professional' driver covering nearly 1.5 million miles in the last 15 years) on the accident rate, driving standard etc would be huge.

Whenever the subject of driving standards comes up, I always go back to what a Police driving instructor said to me (and others) on a course run by Kent Police for the public waaaay back in 1982. He'd been a traffic cop for 20 years before instructing. On the first day he stood in front of us and stated that out of all the accidents he had attended over the years, less than 5% were caused by speed. The remaining 95% were caused by plain bad driving... and poor eyesight was a main contributory factor as it affects judgement of speed, distance and what other vehicles are on your periphery - and it's bad judgement which causes accidents.

If I were in a position to legislate to improve things, I'd pump the money into massively improving initial driver training - and tighten the rules on what you can and can't do in your first three years - and bring in mandatory eye tests every three years if you hold a full driving licence.

(retires with tin helmet...)

ted.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Two different issues going on here: first, driver training. We are abysmally crap at training drivers in this country and it's high time we faced up to the fact.

ted."
utter rubbish. It is well known that the UK test is one of the hardest driving tests in the world to pass. A lot of countries check you can go back, forwards, turn around, well done here's your license. Clarkson has driven in almost every country in the wotld and still rates us as some of the best drivers. USA allows 16 year olds to drive. How many y11 schoolkids in this country would you trust to drive s car properly to the standard you expect?

Your motorway point is spot on though, it should be part of the training/test.

The real problem is that people just don't give driving a 1.5ton steel killing machine the attention it deserves when they are behind the wheel. Food, texting, make up, stereo, whatever all seem to be more important

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth


"Glasses are actually every 4 years testing contact lenses every 2 years. I do agree there should be a way opticians inform dvla if patient needs glasses for driving. £93 is poss today's price for test but it goes up each year and doesn't take into account couple of lessons to brush up skills for test. The test is lot stricter than the driving u do after pass. 10 years is too often for refresh retest.aybe every 20yrs fairer then every 3-5 when 65+ but defo not full test maybe just an examiner in car for 45mins 10 theory questions and sight check "

Incorrect!

A standard recall for a sight test is every 2 years but may be sooner if the optometrist deems it medically necessary. For contact lenses the maximum is two years but standard practise with most CLO's is to recall patients every 12 months. Contact lens check ups are an additional test that goes along side a standard sight test.

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth


"

Btw if you have a Boots advantage card and have registered it every so often their is a voucher for a free test."

If you don't have a card go onto the boots opticians website and print off a voucher for a half price test. Any staff member of Boots can have an eye test and retinal photography done free every two years.

Anyone care to guess which opticians I work for lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Two different issues going on here: first, driver training. We are abysmally crap at training drivers in this country and it's high time we faced up to the fact.

ted.utter rubbish. It is well known that the UK test is one of the hardest driving tests in the world to pass. "

Suggest you go and look at what it takes to get your licence in Finland... and then tell me we have 'one of the hardest driving tests in the world'....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

agree they should do more tests as people get older... my father now 83 had an accident a couple of years ago he was driving up a dual carriage way that had a parking area pull off, the road didnt have lights and he drove up the parking area thinking it was a road. He drove straight into the side of a car (was a female who was about to rejoin the road). How he didn't kill her was a pure miracle, He, my aunt and uncle were slightly injured, got taken to hospital but were ok after about a week. ambulance were called, and I happened to be driving past the other way at the time and saw my fathers car. I was honestly surprised the ambulance crew didn't call the police. We took the keys off my father after this event as he was very upset for months that he could have killed someone, yet did't see a problem still driving. May I add my father is a wonderful man, and I love him to bits, but it would not be fair to let him drive, to either injure or kill himself or others on the road!!!! We now drive him and mum anywhere they want to go, and I sleep better at night for it too !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think a lot of the older people should have to retake there test to prove they are safe to drive. Maybe bring the retest age down to 65.

I know someone who is early 60's and he never even passed his driving test in a car it was on a forklift truck that had 3 gears but due to the age of him that qualified him to drive pretty much anything he wanted.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whilst I agree that motorway driving needs to be improved as is obvious from my earlier posts, A competent driver on a dual carriageway should be able to transfer those skills to a motorway. The M5 ends at Exeter with another 40-45 miles to the end of Devon where I live. What about people living at the arse end of Cornwall? Another 1.5-2 hours drive from Plymouth. I'm sure other areas of the country are a ways away from motorways so it really isn't practical to insist on motorway training.

It does seem from reading through all the posts in this thread, that even though it would inconvenience us, and cost us and stress us out, most people think that there should be some form of retesting going on, in the interests of safety and driving standards.

James can you now go and start one of those government petition things...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not sure about an actual blanket driving retest beyond a certain age, due to the cost etc but, it is perfectly possible to test someones reaction times, peripheral vision (I had mine tested during a medical for the military when I was 19-20, but have never had it tested at any eye test since), hazard perception and so on - basically all the factors which have a strong influence over someones safety on the road, without the need to actually go out on it.

When I get to 60-65 I would have no problem being 'summoned' to take such a test maybe every 3 years to keep my license. If they found I was no longer up to it, then that's fine with me. Running a car is a pain in the arse sometimes, and do I really want all that in my retirement? Nope. Not really. Sooner spend it on a holiday in Spain..

ted.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not sure about an actual blanket driving retest beyond a certain age, due to the cost etc but, it is perfectly possible to test someones reaction times, peripheral vision (I had mine tested during a medical for the military when I was 19-20, but have never had it tested at any eye test since), hazard perception and so on - basically all the factors which have a strong influence over someones safety on the road, without the need to actually go out on it.

When I get to 60-65 I would have no problem being 'summoned' to take such a test maybe every 3 years to keep my license. If they found I was no longer up to it, then that's fine with me. Running a car is a pain in the arse sometimes, and do I really want all that in my retirement? Nope. Not really. Sooner spend it on a holiday in Spain..

ted."

Yes that's a good point, set some simulators up and do it in a virtual reality setup, one person could then supervise multiple exams which would reduce the costs whilst testing reaction times etc.

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By *ammyDodgaMan
over a year ago

Nottingham/and everywhere my location says i am ;)

Your in charge of the most dangerous thing to other people out there. I don't care who you are or how much you drive, you form lazy habits and get complacent in things. Re-tests are necessary. Rules change all the time as well

My job I have to retake my qualifications every 5 years, soon to be 2 and I do that 8-10 hours a day. Yet most people will drive maybe 2 and never have to prove competency until old age. Crazy

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By *ll of a QuiverCouple
over a year ago

Douglas


" USA allows 16 year olds to drive. How many y11 schoolkids in this country would you trust to drive s car properly to the standard you expect?

Your motorway point is spot on though, it should be part of the training/test.

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16 yr olds can also drive here on the IOM with supervision but cannot take a take a test until they are 17.

Also, please suggest a location for motorway driving during our driving test seeing as there aren't motorways over here.

Or should we just never drive on UK roads?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Glasses are actually every 4 years testing contact lenses every 2 years. I do agree there should be a way opticians inform dvla if patient needs glasses for driving. £93 is poss today's price for test but it goes up each year and doesn't take into account couple of lessons to brush up skills for test. The test is lot stricter than the driving u do after pass. 10 years is too often for refresh retest.aybe every 20yrs fairer then every 3-5 when 65+ but defo not full test maybe just an examiner in car for 45mins 10 theory questions and sight check

Incorrect!

A standard recall for a sight test is every 2 years but may be sooner if the optometrist deems it medically necessary. For contact lenses the maximum is two years but standard practise with most CLO's is to recall patients every 12 months. Contact lens check ups are an additional test that goes along side a standard sight test."

According to nhs contacts lenses are 2 years,more than that is bit extreme and weaken your eyes as they won't change enough. Glasses I'm not sure maybe got mixed up with non glasses wearing us every 4 years as I got my latest glasses approx 3 years ago but then got retested this year partly due to my request part was computer error. Defo need new lenses a&e least tho my glasses are actually still legal for driving strangely

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