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Have you ever had any difficulties at the DMV?
Asked at Massachusetts Streets on July 14, 2012
“Yes, I don’t think people should have to wait two hours to get their license.”
“The main thing has been the line. The most I have had to wait is an hour.”
“No. In Michigan it’s easy. You are in and you’re out.”
“No, not with the services or administration, I haven’t.”
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Comments
sunshine_noise 11 months, 1 week ago
I'm surprised...I haven't one negative comment about the DMV. The longest I ever waited to renew my license since moving here from the Washington DC area was 15 mins. I brag about it to my people back home. LOL Try getting your license renewed back East. You literally have to take at least 1/2 day off work, if not the entire day and get there at least an hour before it opens in hopes of getting out of there by noon which is a big maybe.
RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago
no
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago
No, this one time i walked in and they were throwing a football back and forth. I was the only soul in there, I had forgotten my renewal test in my vehicle and they said its cool, no problem, didn't even ask me to do the vision test. We took about five pictures before we got a real good one. It was quick, easy, and refreshing to see a stste process so streamlined.
labmonkey 11 months, 1 week ago
You need to wear sunglasses when you go to the store now...
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052702303644004577520760230459438-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html
LadyJ 11 months, 1 week ago
Just don't wear a hoodie.
snap_pop_no_crackle 11 months, 1 week ago
There was that one time I went to the DMV while I was observing no-pants Friday...
rockchalker52 11 months, 1 week ago
kilt?
rockchalker52 11 months, 1 week ago
Today is National Ice Cream Day. Maybe the DMV should serve cool & refreshing treats on hot summer days. I would go for a fudge-cicle.
RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago
Cheap t-shirts, the onliest thing I ever ask the little woman to pick up for me at the sidewalk sale. 2XL, no pink.
Pywacket 11 months, 1 week ago
Roedy, just send the little woman to Savers (in Olathe, OP, & 2 other locations) if you don't mind wearing used stuff. They're a thrift store but a few steps up from Goodwill and the like (i.e., you don't walk in the door and get knocked over by "that funny smell"). The clothes are well organized by size & category, the stores are clean, and the prices are great. If you bring in bags or boxes of used stuff, they'll give you discount coupons for your next visit.
We were at the OP one last night and I was looking over the women's t-shirts. Had I wanted, I could have scored shirts proclaiming me "an American princess," a "Loser," a "Diva," a tourist to any number of exotic locales, a fan of various college and professional teams across the nation, and many other interesting things. I didn't look at the men's because I dragged my long-suffering husband along to do his own looking. (He actually found a couple of serviceable work shirts.)
The sidewalk sale lost its charm for me quite a few years ago... It's always hot, always crowded, the "bargains" are not generally that great, and when I would see the same stores offering the same merch. several years in a row (with no great reduction in price), that was enough. Actually, if I went this year, I'd probably see all new things, as it's been so long since I've gone.
classclown 11 months, 1 week ago
Not since I moved to Lawrence. That is one of the great things about being in a country town. The longest I ever stood in line around here was about 25 minutes. And that's only because I waited until the last day of the month to renew my tags.
wmathews 11 months, 1 week ago
When I went to get my permit I had an ovarian cyst rupture in the DMV and was taken to the ER via ambulance. It was dramatic.
Otherwise no issues.
RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago
^^^ We have a winner!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago
g_rock,
When I renewed my CCH license, they let me go to the front of the line.
Pywacket 11 months, 1 week ago
I worked at the DMV in the early 80s. No computers! We typed on IBM Selectric typewriters and kept hand-written ledgers, which we had to balance to the penny after the doors closed.
One thing never changes, though--the fact that, despite the state sending out tag renewal notices SIX weeks in advance of the deadline, a lot of people always wait until the last couple of days, which creates insanely long lines..... then they moan about those long lines.
I learned several useful things from working there.
1) Do your tag renewals early or by mail. If you can't avoid being late, be SEVERAL days late. If you get a ticket for expired tag, they will waive the fees when you go in with proof that you have renewed.
2) If you're buying a vehicle, avoid going to title it on the days when all the last-minute renewers will be clogging the place (last 2-3 days of the month; first 2-3 days of the next month).
3) Find out ahead of time what you will need if you are going to the DVM. If you're just renewing, buying a new or used vehicle, have moved from another state, titling a created trailer (from an old truck bed, etc.), or whatever--call ahead and find out exactly what is needed.
4) Always examine the title before writing the check. If it has a lien on it with no lien release, walk away. If the purported seller is not on the title, walk away. I.e., John Doe wants to sell a car he bought from Jane Roe but he never retitled it in his name. Jane didn't sign off on the title and now she is in Argentina! John is therefore trying to sell a car he does not (in the eyes of the state) own and cannot legally sell. WALK.
5) If the title is in two names separated by "AND," make sure both owners sign off on it or you don't have a valid sale. For instance, Bob and Sue Bumpus divorce and Sue gets the Chevy. But Bob doesn't sign off on the title, which would enable Sue to retitle in her name alone. It reads, "Robert and Susan Bumpus." Bad deal if she can't get Bob to sign off (because he is in Argentina with Jane Roe). Walk away--it's her problem.
6) Related to (5): when titling in two names, be sure it says "OR" or "AND/OR" so you don't hit a wall when you try to sell it (and your spouse has just run off to Argentina with some tramp). Yes, titling the car as "Robert OR Susan Bumpus" means that either spouse could sell the car without the other's knowledge or approval, but if you can't trust your spouse, you have more problems than this is going to cause...
Titling with "OR" or "AND/OR" also prevents needing a decedent's affidavit to sell a vehicle if your spouse has died. A widow(er) has enough to deal with without paperwork snags when trying to sell the vehicle used primarily by the deceased spouse.
RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago
Can you take your CCW when renewing you CCH at the DMV?
RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago
I don't think Mrs Roe would take up with no Argentine . . But you never Noe . . .
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago
Py,
DMV or Treasurer's office?
Have they merged?
RoeDapple 11 months, 1 week ago
I knowed them Bumpuses were up to sumpin but I never figured they'd implicate the Roe's. Whodathunkit?
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 11 months, 1 week ago
"Can you take your CCW when renewing you CCH at the DMV?" - RoeDapple
You drive your vehicle to the DMV to renew your drivers license don't you?
Pywacket 11 months ago
Reticent~ Well... I guess it's a matter of terminology.
I thought the OTS question pertained to the motor vehicle dept WITHIN the Treasurer's purview (she also collects monies on real estate & such). I noticed that some of the respondents thought as I did and others discussed renewing driver's licenses. I'm still not sure which one they actually were asking about--probably the driver's license folks.
Anyway, I worked for the county treasurer, in the motor vehicle area (section, department, or what have you), in the old courthouse at 11th & Mass.
Roe, you just never noe who's gonna run off with a dashing Argentine...
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