Recent comments in /f/Pennsylvania

ImNorm29 t1_j8nyuhw wrote

Confusing point #1 - the "physical exam" is referring to a doctors exam, proving you don't have any chronic health issues which would prevent you from operating a vehicle safely; including vision issues which would require you to wear corrective lenses while driving. In order to get your permit, you need to have a doctor complete a physical paper. All this requirement is saying is that the paper needs to have been filled out at most 6 months before you apply for the permit.

Confusing point #2 - the site you're linking to isn't official; it looks to be a reference site that gathers info from various states and tries to be a single point of information. These sites shouldn't be trusted IMO. They are mostly out there generating ad-revenue by impersonating authority. In some cases, they may be accurate, but the specific state's own site (in this case PA) would certainly be THE site to trust.

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ImNorm29 t1_j8nxkyt wrote

Unless there were a different set of rules in between, the prior rules were that you could go take the written learner's permit test ahead of your 16th birtday (I think 30 or 60 days, but I don't remember exactly). The state would then mail you your permit on/about your birthday, but the permit was still not valid until your 16th birthday. I distinctly remember mine arriving on my birthday mid-week and I was able to go take my DL test on Saturday morning (there was no requirement to hold the permit for 6 months before taking the DL test back then).

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hahahoudini OP t1_j8nqvlg wrote

Shapiro said Norfolk Southern put people at risk in the following three ways:

He said there was no “unified command,” creating confusion and a lack of awareness.

The railway provided inaccurate information about the impact, making decisions hard to determine.

There was an "unwillingness" to explore alternate actions.

There are three separate town halls scheduled on Wednesday to discuss the impact of the train derailment.

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