Should police be allowed to check motorists' eyesight?

Drivers in Kent who cannot read a number plate from twenty metres away may lose their licence soon if new roadside trials are successful.

Three police forces in England will start to pull over motorists to test their eyesight to raise awareness of poor driver vision.

We asked shoppers in Tunbridge Wells if this should be introduced in Kent and later we were joined by Optometrist Alisdair Buchanan in our studio to talk more about this…