He added: “It’s estimated somewhere between 5 -10% of drivers and riders on the roads don’t meet the required standards.”
He added: “Only a few weeks back, officers checked somebody’s eyesight and this individual was down to six meters before they could read a number plate, so the licence was revoked at the roadside.”
The tests are voluntary, but if a driver commits an offence the police have the power to request a test. If they fail a roadside test, under Cassie’s Law, police can contact the DVLA electronically and revoke a licence immediately.
Cassie’s Law was introduced in 2013 following the death of 16-year-old Cassie McCord. She died in 2011 when Colin Horsfall, 87, lost control of his car in Colchester after failing an eye test days earlier.
