WTH!!??? is New York Thinking?

[HayHauler]

No longer requiring an eye test, however lame, to renew a driver's license?
WTH!!??  (sorry for the plagerism T.P.)
Oss, what are they thinking??  Any insight?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ny_drops_eye_test_for_driver_license_Y5vKcksmGY8VZcI7LOLYKI

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Jimmyt

[The Anvil]

Because we can't have a safe farmer's market in this country.

[Chrisj CMA]

I think they just come out to your car and make sure the horn works and its reely loud

[G-Man]

Not defending this policy,....they are trying to streamline the process of license renewal.  Those with the restriction for corrective eyewear already on their license and new drivers will still have to demonstrate that they meet the minimum criteria.  If you've ever been to a DMV in NY, then you've seen the eye charts hanging out in plain site and have seen folks getting up close to them and memorizing the charts while they wait for their turn.  It's pretty comical.  Then, when they call these folks, they tell them to stand behind a line and read the line which they've been memorizing for the last 20 minutes. 

[HayHauler]

hahaha, that's a good one G-man...  Nope, never been to the DMV in NY, but here in TX they have a machine with lighted slides that only the testee can see.  They ask you to read one of the lines and if you can't, you have to have the "corrective lenses" notation on your license.

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Jimmyt

[hubcapsc]

hahaha, that's a good one G-man...  Nope, never been to the DMV in NY, but here in TX they have a machine with lighted slides that only the testee can see.  They ask you to read one of the lines and if you can't, you have to have the "corrective lenses" notation on your license.

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Jimmyt

If you squint, and mash your face right against the lenses of the machine, you can change the shape of
your eyeballs enough that you can see the letters. I'm sure they can tell you're doing this, but they
didn't complain when I had to do it a few years ago...

-Mike "this assumes your eyesight is only minimally bad... "

[G-Man]

I even saw a woman take a picture of the eyechart with her phone while she was waiting for her turn!   

[dallastar]

"testee's" omg not the testee's   thier goin to check ur testee's  lol

hahaha, that's a good one G-man...  Nope, never been to the DMV in NY, but here in TX they have a machine with lighted slides that only the testee can see.  They ask you to read one of the lines and if you can't, you have to have the "corrective lenses" notation on your license.

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Jimmyt

[Bob E.]

In PA, all we have to do is mail a check every 4 years to renew.  No tests for eyes or anything else!

[HayHauler]

"testee's" omg not the testee's   thier goin to check ur testee's  lol

hahaha, that's a good one G-man...  Nope, never been to the DMV in NY, but here in TX they have a machine with lighted slides that only the testee can see.  They ask you to read one of the lines and if you can't, you have to have the "corrective lenses" notation on your license.

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Jimmyt

I knew someone would catch that...  hehe

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Jimmyt