DMV
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I did make an appointment online so it shouldn't have been too bad. Even so I got there at 730 for 800. I was the only person who had an appointment: well over 100 people were already in line when I go there. However, making an appointment only gets you in the door a bit quicker: you still have to gat a number assigned and then wait. And wait. And wait. All done now; no need to return for at least 4 years.
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I did make an appointment online so it shouldn't have been too bad. Even so I got there at 730 for 800. I was the only person who had an appointment: well over 100 people were already in line when I go there. However, making an appointment only gets you in the door a bit quicker: you still have to gat a number assigned and then wait. And wait. And wait. All done now; no need to return for at least 4 years.
mark merrens wrote:
no need to return for at least 4 years.
Is that when they're predicting they'll be calling the number you got assigned? Here in AZ we renew driver licenses every 25 - 30 years, or at 65 years old. Vehicle registrations are all by mail or Internet, and you can pick the duration (and fee, of course). ;P
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Need I say more?
The DMV here in the little town of Hudson NY has maybe 3 people in line at most, and there's 2 or 3 clerks to service everyone at any given time. In and out in 5 minutes usually. As well with the post office on tax day, when I used to live in San Diego I discovered it was well worth the effort to drive to some tiny little town outside of the city (like Spring Valley) and use their DMV and postal services. A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines. Marc
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The DMV here in the little town of Hudson NY has maybe 3 people in line at most, and there's 2 or 3 clerks to service everyone at any given time. In and out in 5 minutes usually. As well with the post office on tax day, when I used to live in San Diego I discovered it was well worth the effort to drive to some tiny little town outside of the city (like Spring Valley) and use their DMV and postal services. A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines. Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote:
A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines.
Or, get your taxes done one day earlier. ;)
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RyanDev wrote:
Or, get your taxes done one day earlier.
Actually, I usually do, but on the other hand, I have no desire to give the government those lying, cheating, no good bastards called Congress my money any sooner than absolutely necessary. Marc
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Need I say more?
AAA near where I live has registry services (renew license and some additional services). Quick service within 30 minutes, unless it is on Saturday then it turns to DMV line :-\
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The DMV here in the little town of Hudson NY has maybe 3 people in line at most, and there's 2 or 3 clerks to service everyone at any given time. In and out in 5 minutes usually. As well with the post office on tax day, when I used to live in San Diego I discovered it was well worth the effort to drive to some tiny little town outside of the city (like Spring Valley) and use their DMV and postal services. A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines.
Sound advice. :thumbsup:
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mark merrens wrote:
no need to return for at least 4 years.
Is that when they're predicting they'll be calling the number you got assigned? Here in AZ we renew driver licenses every 25 - 30 years, or at 65 years old. Vehicle registrations are all by mail or Internet, and you can pick the duration (and fee, of course). ;P
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
Here in AZ we renew driver licenses every 25 - 30 years, or at 65 years old.
A UK license lasts from the day you pass the test until you are 70! (Not sure what happens after that) Not my birthday but there was an issue with the license that I had to sort out which meant a new license. Painful.
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The DMV here in the little town of Hudson NY has maybe 3 people in line at most, and there's 2 or 3 clerks to service everyone at any given time. In and out in 5 minutes usually. As well with the post office on tax day, when I used to live in San Diego I discovered it was well worth the effort to drive to some tiny little town outside of the city (like Spring Valley) and use their DMV and postal services. A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
...it was well worth the effort to drive to some tiny little town outside of the city and use their DMV and postal services. A 20 minute drive would save me 3-4 hours of lines.
(+5) I'll chime in here with a "me too" answer and re-assert that this strategy works in Texas as well. I have tried variations of this for myself and multiple trips for 3 teenagers (ie. for the DMV option) and it works. I've had mixed results with the postal service option though...
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Roger Wright wrote:
Here in AZ we renew driver licenses every 25 - 30 years, or at 65 years old.
A UK license lasts from the day you pass the test until you are 70! (Not sure what happens after that) Not my birthday but there was an issue with the license that I had to sort out which meant a new license. Painful.
mark merrens wrote:
Not sure what happens after that
You go to see the docker and he signs you off for more years [up to 5 at a time I believe]. My Dad's licence has been suspended due to being legally blind three times now and as his eyes improve [it goes in waves] they remove the suspension.
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mark merrens wrote:
no need to return for at least 4 years.
Is that when they're predicting they'll be calling the number you got assigned? Here in AZ we renew driver licenses every 25 - 30 years, or at 65 years old. Vehicle registrations are all by mail or Internet, and you can pick the duration (and fee, of course). ;P
Will Rogers never met me.
Doesn't a picture that out of date defeat the purpose of a photo ID? OTOH with licenses without the last few decades of security features built being valid in must make your state the fake ID capital of the US. :doh:
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Need I say more?
The longest line I've ever been in at my DMV on a Saturday morning was 1 minute. The young lady in front of me didn't know her SSN; and when she tried to call home to ask her father the DMV clerk told her if she didn't have it memorized she needed to show him her card to get a new license issued. :doh: Dunno if that was an anti-ID fraud requirement or if he was just being a sunshine. I rattled off my number, got a new mugshot taken, and after 3 or 4 attempts to get something that looked vaguely like my signature out of what appeared to be a 15yo severely worn electronic signature pad was free to go.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt