Re: Senator Hayden's office responds to concerns

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: : : : Thanks for enlightening me. I think that is a : : : : good policy. I just got the jitters for a : : : : while. I didn't know that California did not : : : : have a minimum cutoff and 20/200 sounds reason : : : : able to me. : : : I just want to clarify my position. I think that : : : 20/200, the threshold of legal blindness, is a : : : good cutoff point to automatically issue a : : : license. However, I think that those who do not : : : meet that threshold, but have a recommendation : : : from an eye specialist to drive under certain : : : restrictions, e.g., top speed: 45 MPH, not : : : using freeways, daylight only driving, : : : should not be automatically denied a license. : : How can you say such things and then complain about : : the very same ill treatment in Alabama. : : In your message you lament: : : : I live in Huntsville, Alabama. I have ocular : : albinism with best correctable vision at 20/60- : : with both eyes using conventional glasses. That is : : the borderline to get any kind of license in : : Alabama. Alabama has the strictest low vision : : driving laws of any state I know of. Also, : : Alabama does not allow BiOptic lenses. I am : : currently restricted to daylight driving only. : : : On Feb. 5, 1999, I submitted a request to the : : Alabama Department of Public Safety with my : : optometrist's recommendation that I be allowed to : : drive at night within a 30-mile radius of my : : home. On Feb. 13, 1999, I received their reply : : denying my request. The fact that their response : : was so quick indicates that they gave little if : : any thought to my request. : : I just don't see how you can complain about Alabama : : and at the same time say Sen Haydens bill is reasonable. : : Minimum standards can never be reasonable because : : they will always be used to exclude capable people.

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