Overview

• Government and the DVLA are preparing proposals for compulsory professional eyesight checks every three years for licence holders aged 70 and over, with failures potentially leading to suspension.
• An autumn Road Safety Strategy is being readied for public consultation, and officials stress that no measures have legal force yet.
• Ministers are weighing a cut to the drink‑drive limit in England and Wales to 22 micrograms per 100ml of breath to align with Scotland.
• Options under review include licence points for seatbelt offences, tougher penalties for uninsured driving, and allowing drug‑driving prosecutions from roadside saliva tests.
• The push follows Lancashire senior coroner Dr James Adeley’s Prevention of Future Deaths report and has attracted backing from motoring groups and some politicians.