DMV Sucks

Alright, time to vent. DMV sucks. I got a letter from them the other day saying it was time to renew my license (it's going to expire in October). I knew this. It then listed the many ways I could renew - by mail, phone, or online. "This is odd," I thought. I have two tickets on my record, and I knew this meant I would have to take the knowledge exam again. Then I thought, "Maybe I don't have to take it."

So, silly me, I decided to check online. Sure enough, the knowledge exam awaits me. This isn't what I'm bitching about. I just aced a few of their practice exams, so I'm not sweating it. What pisses me off is that they say online that anyone "under 21 with one or more conviction must reapply for a license." Now what the hell does that mean? Furthermore, they state that "alternative methods for reapplying are not valid." This should have been stated in the letter I got, right? One would think.

Therefore, as we all know, DMV is a piece of crap, and nothing they say really means anything until you are holding your license.

So one day after work (probably this week) I'm going to try to head down there and get it all squared away. This sucks, but is the only way to do it. If they've made some sort of mistake by not informing me that I have to reapply and take the test, they'll undoubtedly realize it soon after issuing my new one and will probably do something stupid like revoke my license, even though it's their fault. Major overhaul necessary? I think so.

It's not that bad, I guess. My picture looks nothing like me (it was taken when I was 15 - bad hair, thick glasses, bad shirt, and braces). My weight and height are wrong. My license number is my SSN. My signature didn't come out right because their machine screwed up. Damn, my license really should be invalid, shouldn't it?

Anyway, tomorrow is August and that excites me. 10 more days of work as of right now, and less than three weeks until I move into my new apartment. Ouch, that also means that three weeks from tomorrow classes start up again.