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Arizona has "authorized 3rd party" providers who can do 90% what the DMV does. They charge a "convenience fee" but is totally worth it since there is never a li
by abfan1127 6y ago
Arizona has "authorized 3rd party" providers who can do 90% what the DMV does. They charge a "convenience fee" but is totally worth it since there is never a line and they are all over the place. It seems to strike a good balance between private/public operations.
https://azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/mvd-hours-and-locations/authorized-third-party-providers https://azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/mvd-hours-and-locations/aut...
- vajrabum 6y agoSame thing in California. I've been doing my DMV business at AAA for more than a decade.
- fermienrico 6y agoIs this really a good thing? We're empowering a whole slew of companies to "compete" in an arena simply by the virtue of government's dysfunctional and incompetent services? What this does is punishes people who cannot pay convenience fees (how much or how little that is orthogonal) and rewards people who can. This is an extremely sad state of affairs where privatization of something that government is supposed to provide with reasonable quality and timely manner. This is why our country is compared to third world. Because of shit like this.
- triceratops 6y agoI perform DMV functions at my local AAA office because it's more convenient for me. I also think the DMV should provide better service. The two aren't exclusive goals.
- abfan1127 6y agoits about incentives. The DMV is slow because it has a government enforced monopoly. What's the motivation to be better? At least we have an option. The US isn't different. Its just accepted more readily elsewhere.
- donarb 6y agoWashington State DMV has moved a lot of stuff online. Driver's licenses are renewed every 6 years, you can do that online, so you only have to go to the DMV every 12 years to have a new photo taken and an eye test.