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UK over-70s risk driving ban if they don't pass eye tests

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 11 Aug 2025, 8:21pm
 Photo / Jacob Ammentorp Lund
Photo / Jacob Ammentorp Lund

UK over-70s risk driving ban if they don't pass eye tests

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 11 Aug 2025, 8:21pm

Motorists over 70 could be banned from the roads if they fail compulsory eye tests as part of a wider shake-up of driving laws in the UK.

These changes also include reducing the drink-driving limit in England and Wales and introducing penalty points for passengers not wearing seatbelts.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey explains further.

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