New Yorkers will no longer be required to take an eye test to renew their driver's licenses under a rule change that [took] effect on Wednesday.
State Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Barbara Fiala said her agency will allow customers to "self-certify" that they meet the driving vision requirement.
New York joins six other states, including Connecticut and Pennsylvania, which do not mandate vision tests when renewing licenses.
I love that—“self cerify.” We’re going to ask the same 80-year-old driver who thinks he’s just fine even though he keeps “parking” in the foyer of his doctor’s office to let us know if he thinks his vision is OK, too. Brilliant.
So when you see the lady clutching the steering wheel of the Buick in front of you, remember—not only has she not been road tested since the Truman administration, she hasn’t had an eye test since then, either.
And once again, the question arises: How long until Massachusetts adopts this policy, too?
"When President Bush announced plans in 2008 to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling, Obama dismissed it, saying "it would merely prolong the failed energy policies we have seen from Washington for 30 years."
"Offshore drilling," he said, "would not lower gas prices today, it would not lower gas prices next year and it would not lower gas prices five years from now."
-- Investor's Business Daily 
