Prince Edward Island has moved to a system of having driver’s licenses produced by an off-Island company (historically they were produced in-house at the Access PEI site, while you waited).
The change has resulted in a bizarre new effect that the clerk at Access PEI referred to as “everybody looks like they have a beard.”
Here’s my last driver’s license photo, on the license that expires next week:
Here’s my new driver’s license photo, on the license that arrived by mail last week:
Not only does the new photo indeed make me look like I have a beard, but it also makes me look pale and, dare I say, cadaverous.
Which, according to Access PEI, is perfect acceptable.
In an Orwellian move earlier this year, the government, under the aegis of its “Climate Action Plan,” made driver’s licenses free for Islanders. I have been unable to square how making it more affordable to drive relates to climate change action.
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Hi Peter. We share the same
Hi Peter. We share the same birthday, and I too need to renew my driver's licence next week. Is it possible to do it on-line, or does one need to go to the Access PEI location? Cheers, Scott.
Haha, now we all look like
Haha, now we all look like the grandfather in the movie "Witness". And yes, flaunting the reduced/removed fees as fighting climate change (when many of us remember the Robert Ghiz government raising and raising those fees) is pretty rich.
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