{"id":1115,"date":"2011-03-14T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2011-03-14T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T08:57:17","slug":"dvla-to-change-number-plate-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/14\/dvla-to-change-number-plate-test\/","title":{"rendered":"DVLA To Change Number Plate Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>In its consultation document, the DVLA plans to make the basic number  plate test easier. Drivers will soon have to be able to read a number  plate at 17.5 metres (as opposed to the current 20 metres) on the day of  their test. Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is calling for an obligatory  eyetest to be implemented for all who drive in the course of their work  and repeated as often as directed by their optometrist.<\/p>\n<p>Without a change to the regulations it is company drivers who are  most at risk. RoSPA states that company car drivers are 49% more likely  to be involved in an accident than ordinary drivers, even after their  higher mileages are taken into account. Specsavers Corporate Eyecare  believes that it is essential for safety on our roads that obligatory  eyesight tests are implemented at least for company drivers. The current  onus of responsibility is on the employer, and with the Corporate  Manslaughter Act in place, theoretically this could mean high penalties  if employees do not have eyesight fit for driving.<\/p>\n<p>While the DVLA states that: \u201cMany employers have their own procedures  in place to ensure medical fitness to drive\u201d, research conducted by  Specsavers Corporate Eyecare in January of this year reveals that the  majority of companies do not offer eyecare to their drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its consultation document, the DVLA plans to make the basic number plate test easier. Drivers will soon have to be able to read a number plate at 17.5 metres (as opposed to the current 20 metres) on the day<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/14\/dvla-to-change-number-plate-test\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-world-number-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}