[Parley Baer]

My wife just went through this. She had to wait 6 1/2 hours. Lady in line was back for a 2nd time because she never received her renewal license. Driving on a temporary. Same wait. Just ridiculous.

[fr_freak]

My wife just went through this. She had to wait 6 1/2 hours.

Don't know if you are in Califormia, but what I used to do was drive to the nearest small town that had a DMV office and go there. For me, that was usually a 30 minute drive, but later, as all towns grew, it became an hour to an hour and a half. You walk into the small town DMV and there is nobody there. You're in and out in 20 minutes, then drive back. Total time: 1 hr drive there + 20 min + 1 hour drive back = 2 hours 20 min versus 3,4,5,6 or more hours at a medium to large city DMV.