Temporary DMV rule, which lasts through 2022, helps eligible seniors skip the knowledge test and the queue to renew.
If you’re a senior citizen over 70 and your driver’s license is expiring on your birthday this year, please listen up: You don’t have to go to a DMV office and take a “knowledge” test to renew your license, even though it clearly states that you do on your renewal notice.
On Aug 1 of this year, DMV Director Steve Gordon issued the last of four press releases reminding seniors of Newsom’s one-time offer, and hoping they would “take advantage of the opportunity to skip a trip to the DMV.” I paid my $39 and filled out the paperwork online for a temporary license, and stood in line at the DMV for the knowledge test that I had wasted a good part of last weekend studying to pass.
The white zone is still for loading and unloading passengers and freight only. We still stop for pedestrians, in or out of the crosswalk, and school buses with red lights flashing is still a must stop.