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I moved to the state I live in, here on the west coast, about 11 months ago.
Only this week, have finally decided to change my driver's license over. The only reason I am even bothering is because my old license is about to expire, and I don't think that flying 3200 miles to take a shitty mug shot is a worthwhile way to spend my hard-earned blood money.
Getting a drivers license in my new state brings up all sorts of new issues in my life. New issues such as, how blind have I actually become in the last 4 years? 20/40? 20/200? My state only requires that you have 20/40 vision to drive. (Scary huh?) But honestly, I haven't gone for a vision test since I was 12. In my old state, I would eavesdrop on the guy ahead of me in line while he was taking the vision exam at the DMV. I would memorize the letters and then when it was my turn, I would rattle the letters off more from memory than from actually looking at the eye chart. I have never been to the DMV here, I have no idea what to expect. Will I be able to cheat like I did in the past? Or will I fail my vision test and be summarily deported back to the east coast?
Of course, the other issue is, do I actually remember what all the rules of the road are and what all those confusing signs mean. I mean, when was the last time you actually read your states drivers manual? Do you think you could pass a 36 question written exam? Here is an actual sample question from the written exam:
There is no crosswalk and you see a pedestrian crossing your lane ahead. You should:
a. Make eye contact and then pass him/her.
b. Slow down as you pass him/her.
c. Stop and let him/her finish crossing the street.
Where the fuck is my answer "d. Speed up and head straight for him/her, swerving away at the last minute, just missing him/her and teaching the stupid fuck a valuable lesson"?
Thank god I don't have to take a driving test. I mean, think of all the bad habits I've picked up since I was 18. Like pimpin' or talking on my cell phone, holding a cup of scalding hot coffee, and steering with my left knee all at the same time.
I don't think that will earn you extra skill points on your drivers test.
posted by grumpy at 9:59 AM
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When we moved out of state, we took a few days off to move and get all annoying stuff done like changing our licenses. We chose a Friday to do all the running around. We decided to tackle the license first, so fairly early we went to the DMV only to find out that we needed to get a proof of residency from our town hall, then we had to go home and dig through a mountain of boxes to find our birth certificates (yes, my MA license wasn't good enough for the state of NH to prove that I am, in fact, an American citizen), then we went back to the DMV we went to earlier only to find out that they didn't do licenses on Fridays (you would have thought the devil's spawn would have told us that in the morning when aquiring about a new license, oh but that would have been good customer service). So Lucifer informed us that the only DMV that did them on Fridays was 25 minutes away. Since the joint closed 30 minutes from that moment, we drove like maniacs and made it with 6 minutes to spare.
Needless to say, the whole ordeal sucked. I don't blame you for waiting as long as you have. I hope your experience isn't such a production. Good luck.
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