[Magdalen] Magdalen] gas prices?

[James Oppenheimer]

One possible remedy for that would be to impose a very heavy fine and
revocation (not suspension -- revocation) for any accident in which poor
vision played a role. The only way you will make a difference here is to up
the stakes.  Folks just refuse to deal with their disabilities until
someone gets killed or maimed, and it's not right.

I realize not being able to drive places an enormous hardship and all that
crud. It makes not a speck of difference.  If you're not safe to drive, and
you drive anyway, you are just as bad as a drunken driver. You should be
viewed as a criminal, because this is a premeditated and deliberate action
when you know you put others in potential danger.

If something draconian is not put in place, this is just going to get worse
and worse. A friend of mine recently made a wrong turn and struck a police
car.  As part of the settlement, the individual surrendered their license
permanently.  Suppose instead of a police car, that had been a child????

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:01 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com>
wrote:

> In Georgia, anyone over 65 can no longer renew online, and the term is now
> five years instead of eight.  That’s primarily to do a vision test.  If
> someone that age has a certain number of points on their license, they’ll
> have to have a road test as well.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>
> > On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Our renewal period is now 8 years. Last time I renewed online, I was 65,
> so I still have two years to go. In the meantime, I have developed glaucoma
> in one eye and a significant hearing loss, now corrected. Either one of
> those might have impacted my driving, but there's no check for that.
> Someone told me requiring age-based retests would be considered
> discrimination, which I consider ridiculous. It should be considered a
> matter of public safety...
>
>