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Over 35,000 drivers have been barred from driving over the last three years over eyesight-related conditions, BirminghamLive has learned.

Motorists were taken off the roads over concerns they posed a safety risk to others.

Many of these will likely have included older drivers.

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The DVLA said it revoked licences or refused new applications for "failing to meet the required eyesight standards".

Motorists are required to renew their licences at their 70th birthday, and every three years after that.

So it's likely some of these renewal applications were refused.

It comes as the Government is considering new man

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