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Saturday, December 18, 2004

Having a good time at the DMV
Yesterday afternoon I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew my driver's license. I was well prepared, taking with me all the necessary documents for the new "Six Point ID Verification System", and also my freshly-arrived new issue of RealSimple magazine to read while waiting.

Here's the shocking news: There was no wait!

I spent all of 20 minutes there. RealSimple wasn't even opened. The photo on the jazzy-looking digital driver's license was nice, too. Nothing like the time I spent an afternoon in Morristown, in soaking-wet clothes (a downpour started as soon as I left my car in the parking lotand I got drenched), and they took my photo while water still dripped down my hair.

I'm impressed.

1 Comments:

At 9:59 AM, Anonymous said...: I had a similar experience in Houston, Texas a few years ago. It took only around ten minutes to apply for my new license. Some twenty years earlier I spent about an hour. Better computers make all the difference.

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Fausta was born and raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico and is a long-term resident of Princeton, New Jersey. She discusses New Jersey, taxation, current events, and how news are reported in the French and Spanish-language media at Fausta's Blog.

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