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Skriven 2006-08-20 11:31:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7058.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: My presidential pick
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On 19 Aug 2006 07:52:19 -0700, "Bill" <beastmachinery@msn.com> wrote:

>Wendy of NJ wrote:
>> "they' say that about every governor of NJ. Not a one has made it
>> through office w/o pissing off most of the residents.
>>
>> And maybe screwing up the DMV so bad was a good thing, because NOW it
>> is an efficient and PLEASANT experience - I'm in and out of there now
>> un usually under 20 minutes. Even getting my dad his NJ driver's
>> license took maybe 1 hour, and that included a vision test. I've
>> transferred title to a car - 10 minutes. Renewed a photo license - 12
>> minutes. And the people behind the counters are polite and helpful.
>> And I haven't waited in an inspection line for more than 10 minutes,
>> either.
>>
>> Sometimes you have to really break things in order to fix them
>> properly.
>>
>
>Oh how I envy you such  pleaseant experiences at NJDMV. I've never been
>there for *less* than two hours and, generally, with less than
>satisfactory results. NJDMV seems incapable of acknowledging its own
>error and retreats to claiming that a PA license is insufficient proof
>of ID when all else fails to get rid of me. I've only recently
>discovered that NJ has claimed that my license is suspended. Only one
>problem: I haven't held a NJ license since 1993, when I turned in my NJ
>license for a WA license. I haven't even been in the state since 1989,
>when I left for Basic Training. NJDMV has repeatedly told me that I was
>in NJ the entire time and even threatened to have me arrested on one
>occasion when I had enough paperwork to prove them wrong. OTOH, I have
>always had that kind of ease and pleasant experience that you describe
>with PennDOT. Maybe NJ just doesn't like us "foreigners" from other
>states. 
>

I only had one experience with PennDot and  many with theives posing
as private "inspection stations" (if I tried to get my car inspected
at a Midas, it would always fail on the exhaust system - surpise!  The
only way for me to "get over" on them in that regard was to get the
exhaust fixed with a lifetime warranty and the next year, when it
"failed" again, I showed them the paperwork and they had to "fix" it
for free).

Nowadays, you need more documentation to get a NJ driver's license
than you do to get a passport (this is all post 9-11). But they do
publicize that fairly well and if you come in WITH a passport, a
utility bill, some vile foamy liquids, and a small sack of beans, you
can get your license quickly and painlessly.

-Wendy
                                                                               
               
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