Car Insurance. Your eyesight must be up to driving standards.

If you have an accident and it is proved that the accident was due to your failure to keep your car roadworthy, your insurer may well refuse to pay up. Quite reasonable I can hear many saying. But what if it's you that's not roadworthy?

How many accidents occasion the comment "I didn't see the other vehicle"? And what happens if you eyesight has deteriorated to a dangerous extent?

Well all of us know if we have a problem with eyesight and opticians are on every high street.

If you need glasses or contact lenses for driving then you must wear them and if your eyesight deteriorates you must get a new prescription. If you drive, it's your responsibility to make sure that you are safe to drive.

Only last week I saw an elderly motorist who was clearly unable to read the road signs. She was leaning forward trying to read the signs indicating towards Coventry and rolling forward at 15 mph - all this at traffic lights that by then had turned red - and she hadn't seen those either! She was lucky that the cars coming across from the right saw her early.

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Car Insurance. Your eyesight must be up to driving standards.