A real-life Mr Magoo got some new glasses for Christmas.

Peter Davies, who is half blind, was banned from the road last month after neighbours sent a petition to the DVLA saying he was too dangerous behind a wheel.

While learning to drive he crashed into a fence, mounted a pavement and parked two feet from the kerb.

After an eye -*test*-('") he was told he was not eligible to drive. Pete's family in Burry Port, near Swansea chipped together to buy him a £300 pair of special glasses for Christmas.

According to the Mirror he said: "They have made all the difference. My last glasses were like bottle tops and so heavy they slipped down. But not these.

"I fully expect to pass my eye -*test*-('") next time and my driving -*test*-('")."