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> "The Governor also issued an executive order temporary closing the Department of Motor Vehicles for all in-office visits. Online transactions, including for l

> "The Governor also issued an executive order temporary closing the Department of Motor Vehicles for all in-office visits. Online transactions, including for license renewals, are still be available." It seems a bit dated to even have in-office visits for things like driving license renewals. The UK equivalent, DVLA, closed all their office counters a few years back. Now everything is done online and by post.

rtkwe 7y ago
There's still things like driving tests that need to be done in person how do they do those? Most things can be done online but they keep the locations open for things like RealID and driving/vision tests.
- Reason077 7y ago
  Driving test centres still operate as before. You register, book, and pay for your test online, then go to the test centre at the booked time. But routine things like vehicle taxes, license renewals, updating addresses, etc, are all done online.
  - rtkwe 7y ago
    That's basically the same for me in North Carolina, only a few things /require/ you to go in to the DMV. We do have the complication of having many states and having to support people getting a new license in the state they move to so there's a constant need for people getting new IDs which needs in person to gather the info and documents about the person.
lostapathy 7y ago
On the contrary, I wish we'd be more aggressive about drivers licensing. The whole process is fairly meaningless. My mother-in-law barely has enough motor control to turn the key to start the car, yet somehow she just renewed her license. People like her need to be taken for a test drive, not allowed to renew online.
- rtkwe 7y ago
  That more of a retesting requirement than a renewal problem. We can have both, easy online renewal for most people and an age cutoff for people where they require periodic retesting.
refurb 7y ago
You can do a lot online with the DMV, but not everything. That said, the DMV is probably one of the most archaic, bureaucratic and dysfunctional government services in the US. Ripping on the DMV is a part of US popular culture for a reason.

rtkwe 7y ago

There's still things like driving tests that need to be done in person how do they do those? Most things can be done online but they keep the locations open for things like RealID and driving/vision tests.

Reason077 7y ago
Driving test centres still operate as before. You register, book, and pay for your test online, then go to the test centre at the booked time. But routine things like vehicle taxes, license renewals, updating addresses, etc, are all done online.
- rtkwe 7y ago
  That's basically the same for me in North Carolina, only a few things /require/ you to go in to the DMV. We do have the complication of having many states and having to support people getting a new license in the state they move to so there's a constant need for people getting new IDs which needs in person to gather the info and documents about the person.

lostapathy 7y ago

On the contrary, I wish we'd be more aggressive about drivers licensing. The whole process is fairly meaningless. My mother-in-law barely has enough motor control to turn the key to start the car, yet somehow she just renewed her license. People like her need to be taken for a test drive, not allowed to renew online.

rtkwe 7y ago
That more of a retesting requirement than a renewal problem. We can have both, easy online renewal for most people and an age cutoff for people where they require periodic retesting.

refurb 7y ago

You can do a lot online with the DMV, but not everything. That said, the DMV is probably one of the most archaic, bureaucratic and dysfunctional government services in the US. Ripping on the DMV is a part of US popular culture for a reason.