Just renewed my CA driver license... and now the wait begins!

[GloBug]

California recently decided they were going to develop a new and improved driver license, with better security measures and a brand new look.

Among the new features, licenses for drivers under age 21 will be printed vertically, making them easier to identify for police and shopkeepers. The cardholder's signature and birthday will be raised, allowing them to be felt by touch.

Hidden images can be seen only with the use of ultraviolet light, and a laser perforation outline of the California brown bear will be visible when a flashlight is pressed against the back of the card.

Sounds really good, huh? Except that the company that has been granted permission to produce the new licenses, can't meet quality needed.

People are waiting 6+ months for their new licenses. In the paper this morning was another article about this, with people commenting that they had renewed in October and are still waiting.

DMV is now issuing 90 day temporary licenses, with renewal of your temporary license every 90 days until your new license comes through.

My notice telling me I was eligible to renew via mail or internet came yesterday, so I renewed on line today. My license expires in April. I expect to receive my brand spanking new license... by Thanksgiving???

[J.E. M.]

Good luck, your Government at work, or should I say not working.

[Jeanie]

Good luck, the government is a mess

[seamom]

Awwww...that CA! I thought John was into a new venture getting us Cruise Addicts licensed! :) New way he could control our behaviour when we get out of line.

[Calgon1]

You'd probably get it in half the time if it wasn't for the backlog of illegals getting licenses and IDs ...

[reggae]

It took my son three trips to the DMV to finally get his Michigan License changed to CA....and he had to wait weeks each time to get an appointment!

I guess that's one of the few things that MI has going for it...we can just walk in to our local "Secretary of State" office, and be done and out in five minutes.

[GloBug]

Cal, I would get it in three weeks if they had used a different company that knew what they were doing! sigh..

[Corky]

They should send it to China....like they did with the passport embedded security thingy...you'd get it back sooner that way.

[Krazy Kruizers]

sounds like a good idea -- all that fancy stuff

good luck in getting your new license

how many years are they good for?

[jk]

How nice, lol our government at it's very best....frustrating but what can you do. KS has been printing the kids under 21 license vertically for awhile now. So far we do not have that kind of wait to get ours renewed.