I think the BMV should weigh people

When I turned 16 I got my driver's license as soon as I could. I wanted that freedom. I wanted to drive. The one detail I missed until it was too late was that girls generally lie about their weight on the official records. This seems odd in hindsight that I did not lie about my own weight as an overweight high school student. I guess I just didn't really think about it. The people behind the counter were in charge of my fate and my driving. If I lied maybe I wouldn't get that awful laminated piece of identification that allowed me to navigate the family bus. It only occurred to me when I showed it to my good friend, Mark, who looked at it and laughed, "They must've got your weight wrong. hahaha." When he realized I looked confused rather than amused a very awkward silence followed.

Since those days I have continued to update my weight to the BMV to reflect the scale as truly as my scale can handle. This is easier for me than some perhaps since my weight has gone down rather than up since my painful teens. At any rate, I believe the BMV would do us all a service to install a scale along the counter of their offices along with a visual height chart (maybe even a computerized eye color reader, GTC?). The reason I say this? I will tell you.

I just read a story about a missing person. They described her by weight and height but also provided a photo. Now maybe it's just men who pretend not to notice or really don't know but that woman was at least 30 pounds heavier in that photo than what was reported. So I'm assuming they got that detail from -- her driver's license. And now people are looking for a 130 pound female. Only they may never find her even if they see her. "The paper said she weighs 130. It kinda looks like her but no, no that's not her..." So for everyone's safety I think we should be weighed.

In addition, it might even stop the female obsession with weight. Ok, maybe not.