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Why some DVLA digital services don't work at night

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124 points edent | 1 comments | 12 Jan 25 20:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rozab ◴[16 Jan 25 14:52 UTC] No.42725962[source]▶
I've often ran into this when using DVLA services and spluttered with indignation. But at the end of the day, these services are fantastically usable (during the daytime) and I appreciate Dafydd pushing to just get them out there!

I got my license in 2015 so never in my life have I had the apparently ubiquitous American experience of queuing at the DMV and filling in paper forms. (is this still real? or limited to stand-up comedy?)

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1. snakeyjake ◴[16 Jan 25 16:10 UTC] No.42727198[source]▶
My US state, one of the ones NOT living in the past, does almost everything online.

The only times you have to come in are:

1. for your first license, either as a newly-licensed driver or an out-of-state driver who recently moved

2. if you were bad and broke the law or otherwise had your license cancelled/revoked/suspended

Even those people have to call or go online to make an appointment.

All other tasks from getting/returning plates to requesting a duplicate title can be done online, though drop boxes, or by mail.

I have been to the DMV three times since 1995: once to turn my out-of-state license into an in-state one, once to turn that drivers license into a realID-compliant one, and once to have my fingerprints taken for a concealed carry permit.