A new report in Connecticut indicates a significant reduction in crashes causing injury or death in which a 16- or 17-year-old was driving. The report credits the state's graduated driver licensing program as a principal reason for the decline.Since 2004, there has...
Month: July 2015
Motorist Sues for Interpreter on Written Test
An Italian immigrant is suing the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles for refusing to translate the written driver's license exam or allow for an interpreter. Federal law requires any agency receiving federal funds to accommodate folks with limited English...
Bill Would License 18-year-olds for Big Rigs
According to Forbes magazine, truck driving is one of the country's ten deadliest jobs. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, teens are the country's deadliest drivers. And Congress will soon put them together if it passes a new rider to the...
DMV Employee Admits to Taking Bribes
The Orange County Register is reporting that a former DMV employee last Friday admitted to accepting bribes in return for giving out California driver's licenses. Jose Alberto Carrillo pleaded guilty to felony counts of altering public documents and computer access...
DMV Issued California Driver’s License to “El Chapo”
Thanks to CBS News for this item, originally reported by Univision in 2013. In 1988, California's DMV issued a driver's license to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman under his "Max Aragon" alias. The license showed the Sinaloa drug cartel leader's picture, height, age and his...
DMV to Speed Licensing of Undocumented Drivers
California's controversial A.B.60 licensing program-allowing undocumented motorists to obtain valid driver's licenses-is experiencing the problems of success. Six months into the new law, the DMV has received about 642,000 applications and issued about 341,000...
DMV Accepts More Documents for AB60 Licenses
DMV has made it easier for motorists to get licenses under the so-called undocumented motorist program established by Assembly Bill 60. As of June 30, 2015, the California Department of Motor Vehicles will begin accepting:California residency documents that are issued...
