| Eyesight tests being overlooked as drivers blindly take to the roads |
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| Written by Michael Moroney | |
| Wednesday, 31 October 2007 | |
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Almost half of company car drivers (45.6 per cent) on UK roads have not had an eyesight test in the last three years, and nearly 30 per cent have not had their sight tested in the past five years, or at all.
The statistics come as a result of analysis conducted by online driver assessment and e-driver training specialist E-Training World, which examined data from 340 drivers from some of the UK’s biggest fleet operators who have recently completed the company’s online risk assessment.
And even though eyesight tests are recommended annually, and many company car policies stipulate a yearly examination, only a quarter of drivers surveyed had had an eyesight test within the last 12 months. |
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