PASS,PASS, PASS- We All Fail

Charmer busted again.

Many of you may have had the same challenge our family is facing with my 90 year old Dad. In fact, we actually thought our problem was resolved when after Dad's return home from rehab, we discovered his driving license had indeed expired over 6 months before.  Our prayers had been answered/so we thought.

When my brother had to renew his car plates, my Dad fessed up about his driver license's expiration. So Dad went along to renew his own driver license. First, he was asked as to the lapse in renewal. His response: His wife had passed away and he had been ill and in the hospital. (True statements but he didn't add he was driving around with an expired license 2 months before either of those events) 
PASS - sympathy points.

The next task was to look into the peripheral blinking light monitor and tell what he saw. His response was he saw nothing.  The DMV employee suggests moving closer, removing his hat/ the possibility of the correct glasses?" Then he prompts, "Don't you  see the flashing lights? "Oh yes, quips my father, "I see flashing lights."
PASS.

Remember the vision test with the letters decreasing in size in each line. Dad asks what he is supposed to read. He proceeds to read each letter incorrectly. The clerk excuses himself for a minute. Returns, forgets where he was and asks my Dad what's at the end of the line. Maybe he hasn't heard correctly so the clerk adds, " The number  8?
"Yes, there's an 8 at the end of the row."
PASS.

This 90 year old walks out of the DMV with his renewed driver's license. I would like to wring the employee's neck. For whom has he done a favor? How dare he stick an elderly person back on the road when he didn't pass any of the markers AND without requiring him to take a road test when they would have find out his arm mobility was not the same as the last time he drove. A torn rotator cuff can do that to you.

These past 2 months my poor in town brother has been the keeper of the car keys in order to keep the streets safe and get our Dad in tact to his granddaughter's wedding in a little over two weeks. We all owe Marc a great deal of gratitude for keeping Dad off the streets. Hopefully there will be many practice sessions and no night/ bad weather driving. 

Arkansans consider yourselves forewarned after May 9th...