Driving Licences and Driving Tests: Age
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting an age at which (a) driving licences are revoked and (b) drivers are required to retake a driving test.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
There are no plans to set an age at which a driving licence is revoked, or drivers are required to retake a driving test.
At the age of 70, drivers must renew their entitlement, and at most, every three years after that. To renew their entitlement, they must make a legal declaration, via self-certification, that they can meet the legal eyesight standards required to drive and confirm whether they have any medical condition which may affect their fitness to drive.
We recently consulted on introducing mandatory eye tests for drivers aged 70 and over. The consultation closed on 11 May and we are now analysing the responses received.
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