Poll: Should older drivers keep their licences until they are 75?
Older drivers could soon get a extra five years on their on their normal driving licence under new plans.
Drivers would only have to renew their licence when they reach 75, rather than the current 70, under the Department for Transport plans.
Currently drivers can only remain on the road over the age of 70 if they declare themselves fit in that year and then every three years after that. This includes confirming that they can still read a number plate at 65ft (20m).
However, with the number of motorists aged over 70 now more than four million, there are fears that the DVLA cannot cope with the paperwork.
Last year the RAC and the Transport Research Laboratory found that some 10 per cent of British motorists aged over 70 were not fit to be behind the whee and road safety charities criticised a previous proposal to raise the declaration age to 80.
