DMV Day
I went down to the Cary train station today to get a duplicate driver's license with my Sparta address and a new picture that resembles me with my full beard. Two hours I stood line, patiently, because there is no hurrying this bunch of bureaucrats. And, I had to spell Alleghany for them or I would likely still be there. They got most of my hair in the photo although the beard is slightly abbreviated. "Looks great!", sez I.
During my stay there I could not help but notice that most of the people in line weren't from around here. And, I don't mean just the good old US of A either. There were more passports and green cards and personal translators than you could shake a stick at. And, I don't mean just folks from south of the border either. They were Asians and Mid-Easterners and Europeans and, well, I didn't see any Eskimos that I recognized as such. But that would not have surprised me in the least.
And, there was yet another bimbo there who "just wanted a drivers license". Did she have liability insurance on a car? No, she didn't own a car. Well, why do you need a license? To drive a company car. Is that the only car you will drive? No, I'll drive my friends' cars from time to time. Do any of them have your name on their insurance policy? No. Then you must obtain a non-owners liability insurance policy in order to be issued a drivers license. But, I don't understand why I need to have car insurance if I don't own a car. Ma'am, you must be covered by a liability insurance policy of some kind to obtain a driver's license.
Or go back to Tennessee.
I must admit that the examiners are much more patient than I would ever be.
During my stay there I could not help but notice that most of the people in line weren't from around here. And, I don't mean just the good old US of A either. There were more passports and green cards and personal translators than you could shake a stick at. And, I don't mean just folks from south of the border either. They were Asians and Mid-Easterners and Europeans and, well, I didn't see any Eskimos that I recognized as such. But that would not have surprised me in the least.
And, there was yet another bimbo there who "just wanted a drivers license". Did she have liability insurance on a car? No, she didn't own a car. Well, why do you need a license? To drive a company car. Is that the only car you will drive? No, I'll drive my friends' cars from time to time. Do any of them have your name on their insurance policy? No. Then you must obtain a non-owners liability insurance policy in order to be issued a drivers license. But, I don't understand why I need to have car insurance if I don't own a car. Ma'am, you must be covered by a liability insurance policy of some kind to obtain a driver's license.
Or go back to Tennessee.
I must admit that the examiners are much more patient than I would ever be.
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