Thanks, have filled in the survey with hopefully some common sense answers, doubtless all will be ignored.

Middle man may well correct me but as I understand it a domestic driving licence from the country of your normal residence will cover any temporary driving in uk.. If permanent resident of uk then domestic licence should be exchanged to a uk licence.

Go to gov.uk for their briefing on licences

dvd

"When they done a road side test for all drivers, 40% had been given some sort of notice, an additional 20% had to get someone else to come and pick the car up as the police said their eyesight was too bad to drive."

A road test for all drivers, 40% of whom were given a notice?

Do give the source for this, if it exists.

The medical for pensioners is a joke. a massive joke and other drivers pay the price. The issue is that the driver fills it out themselves and DVLA rely on the honesty of the driver.

When they done a road side test for all drivers, 40% had been given some sort of notice, an additional 20% had to get someone else to come and pick the car up as the police said their eyesight was too bad to drive.

DVLA pick up on the slightest hint of a myriad of medical conditions and have huge backlogs of drivers being medically assessed for fitness to drive.

I think ALL drivers should have their eyes tested every 2 years, with over 70s being tested annually.