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Police are to give roadside eye tests to drivers they pull over
POLICE are to give roadside eye tests to drivers they pull over.
Thames Valley, Hampshire and West Midlands forces will ask them to read a number plate from 20 metres.
They will revoke the licences of those who fail.
The September crackdown is backed by safety charity Brake and optician Vision Express.
Both want a compulsory eye test when licences are renewed every ten years.
Sergeant Rob Heard, representing the police forces taking part in the campaign, said: "Not being able to see a hazard or react to a situation quickly enough can have catastrophic consequences."
He warned that officers will be carrying out eyesight checks "at every opportunity".
Officers can request an urgent revocation of a licence through the DVLA if they believe the safety of other road users will be put at risk if a driver remains on the road.
The power was introduced in 2013 under Cassie's Law, named after 16-year-old Cassie McCord, who died when an 87-year-old man lost control of his vehicle in Colchester, Essex.
It later emerged he had failed a police eyesight test days earlier, but a legal loophole meant he was allowed to continue driving.
A 2012 study by insurance firm RSA estimated that poor vision caused 2,874 casualties in a year.
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