Lines for driver’s licenses grow mercifully shorter

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 20, 2012

~~<p>Question: I went to the Wahiawa satellite city hall at 6:30 a.m. March 2 to renew my license and discovered 30 to 40 people already in line. I found out these people waited overnight to get a driver’s license or road test. I talked to the clerk, and she said the earliest she’s seen people was when she was leaving work and one person was camping out to be first in line the next day. I understand this is ongoing. Do they have a solution to this problem?</p>
<p>Answer: The long lines you faced were attributed to people wanting to beat the new Legal Presence Act requirements before the March 5 effective date.</p>
~~

Question: I went to the Wahiawa satellite city hall at 6:30 a.m. March 2 to renew my license and discovered 30 to 40 people already in line. I found out these people waited overnight to get a driver’s license or road test. I talked to the clerk, and she said the earliest she’s seen people was when she was leaving work and one person was camping out to be first in line the next day. I understand this is ongoing. Do they have a solution to this problem?

Answer: The long lines you faced were attributed to people wanting to beat the new Legal Presence Act requirements before the March 5 effective date. Login for more...