It was something my mother preached to us kids for years, "Don't cross your eyes like that, they could get stuck that way forever."
It was a lesson engrained into my brain, but as I aged, I learned it just simply wasn't true. There were lots of things like this that parents preached to kids at one time, but as we've matured, turned out not entirely factual.
Another of these warnings centered on footwear while driving. Now, maybe this one was true when I first got my driver's license in Louisiana at the age of 15, but it's just not the case today, here or in any other state.
I've recently discovered that my parents were either misinformed, or they just out-and-out lied to me regarding the requirement to wear shoes while behind the wheel.
My parents, and those of many of my friends, always made sure that none of us boys would ever be behind the wheel shoeless. I can remember my Mom saying, "Be sure you've got your shoes on. Remember, it's the law."
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Evidently, my Mom and those other parents were just concerned for the safety of their young drivers, but Louisiana law just simply does not require drivers wear any type of shoes while operating a motor vehicle.
Thezebra.com even goes as far as to say that, "It is, in fact, legal to drive a car, pickup truck, or similar vehicle without footwear in all 50 states. In the 1990s, a man named Jason Heimbaugh wrote to each of the 50 states’ departments of motor vehicles to make sure of it. Some took a long time to respond, but eventually, all confirmed that barefoot driving is indeed legal."
So, while it might be the safer option to have on shoes while driving in Louisiana, it just isn't one of the requirements of the Louisiana Department of Motor Vehicles.
Even though it's perfectly legal, I still can't imagine climbing behind the wheel without shoes. Guess my parents did a good job of instilling the fear.
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