More than 70 motorists can be banned from roads if they fail in mandatory eye tests such as part of the radical shake-up of driving laws in England and Wales.
The beverage driving limit of the two countries is also determined to tighten to conform to Scotland, passengers have to be offered punishment points for not wearing seatbelt.
A new road safety strategy published by the government in the autumn is expected to include changes in which ministers believe that the current security message is not working.
This step comes after interrogation of four deaths due to drivers with failed eye lights, a coroner called the UK licensing system “the most lackat” in Europe.
The currently prepared schemes by the Transport Secretary include a new requirement for the 70s, when they renew their driving license, to test the eye every three years.
Tests for conditions such as dementia are also under consideration.
A government source told the BBC, “In any other situation we will not accept 1,600 people dying, thousands and more seriously injured, the cost of NHS is more than £ 2BN per year.”
The source said, “This labor government will provide the first road safety strategy in a decade, which impose hard punishment on those who break the law, protect the road users and restore orders on our roads.”
In April, HM Senior Coroner for Lancashire Dr. James Edli sent a report Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to tell Alexander that action should be taken to prevent future deaths, when he found that the enforcement of visual legal standards for drivers was unsafe.
According to his report, the UK is one of the only three European countries, which rely on self-reporting of visual conditions affecting the ability to drive.
After interrogation, a source close to the Transport Secretary told the BBC that the government admitted that the rules need to be “assured”.
Apart from the concerns of vision, the government is also looking into strict rules for drinking drinks.
Under the new schemes, the border of the beverage drive is expected to tighten up to 22 μg per 100 ml per 100 ml of breath, which corresponds to the limitations already prescribed for Scotland.
Other proposals under consideration may also see that the police were allowed to rely on roadside saliva tests for evidence of drug-driving instead of blood tests, making it easier for the suspects to prosecute.
According to government data since the end of last year, there was a “frightening increase” in the deaths due to alcohol in England in the last four years.
