[Illbay]

Elizabeth Dole wants to require all teenagers to pass a drug test before getting a driver's license.

Excellent idea, Liddy, but PLEASE tell me you're not favoring this at the Federal level.

[azhenfud]

And who would foot the bill for the tests? Government (you and I) or the kid's parents?

< sarcasm > Why don't we make possession of a driver's license as stringent as that of a private pilot certificate and as costly to acquire. With two-year medicals and 90 day currency standards and inspections of highway vehicles as stringent as that of aircraft, we really could cut the number of legal drivers by about two-thirds. We'd then save millions of barrels of oil, pollute the air considerably less, and have fewer highway fatalities.< /sarcasm >

But then, big brother has always demonstrated he doesn't know where to stop his hand.

[philman_36]

Excellent idea, Liddy, but PLEASE tell me you're not favoring this at the Federal level.
Didn't you read the article?
Dole, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate and a former transportation secretary, has promised to push for a federal law pressuring states to enforce such a measure.
You're dreaming.

[steve-b]

Excellent idea, Liddy, but PLEASE tell me you're not favoring this at the Federal level.

From the second line of the article:

has promised to push for a federal law

Now, boys and girls, sing along for Illbay, who needs a little extra help and encouragement:

It's not so, not so, not so, not so tricky
To read and write and do arithmeticky....