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netbros — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:02:12 -0800

The Unofficial Guide to the DMV ― This web site was created to provide easy-to-access information and resources for all your Department of Motor Vehicles needs for all 50 states. Details about driver's licenses, driving records and ID cards, as well as vehicle registrations, title transfers, bills of sale and smog checks are available here.

DMV.ORG also offers information you wouldn't think of getting from the Department of Motor Vehicles. You'll find guides to buying a new car, ways to order a vehicle history report, and links to auto insurance. Got a traffic ticket? DMV.ORG teaches you about online traffic schools, as well as driver's ed courses for new drivers. You can also use DMV.ORG for information about lemon laws and important updates on safety recalls. It isn't all legalese, forms and publications though. Don't miss the fun stuff section that includes several links to interesting license plates and cop jokes for example. This is one content rich, useful site. Sorry, U.S. only.

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:21:09 -0800

"All our information has been researched and written by our team of fellow New Mexicons" Yeah. Is that a typo? Anyway, this isn't very authentic. Where do I take a number, wait for at least an hour and then get treated with indifference and hostility? Where do I go to feel the enormous weight of the state crushing down on my insignificant and weak flesh?

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:27:52 -0800

I just wish they would all agree on a name. Department of Motor Vehicles? Motor Vehicle Division? Registration and Licensing Office? Bureau of Driver Services? Then you have Illinois, where it's ... get this ... the Secretary of State. And while we're at it, can we all agree on a standard term for alcohol-influenced driving? Is it Driving While Intoxicated, or Operating While Intoxicated? Is it While Intoxicated, or Under the Influence? And is it Intoxicated or Impaired? Not even worth addressing the Commonwealth "drink driving", which seems to have the grammar of someone under the influence.

By: Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America

Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:38:10 -0800

Yay federalism!

By: Rarebit Fiend

Rarebit Fiend — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:38:34 -0800

It's not the DMV, it's the Registry.

By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:54:25 -0800

Metafilter; Where do I take a number, wait for at least an hour, and then get treated with indifference and hostility?

By: crapmatic

crapmatic — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:01:49 -0800

You're already here.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:55 -0800

"Drink Driving"? How British of them. I would have expected better of the Commonwealth. It does sound terribly silly, but then, so do lots of British terms and slang (and I'm sure plenty Americanism sound silly to them, too). Useful site, assuming the information is reasonably accurate. Must research which state would allow me to renew an expired license (NY) from abroad, that I can then convert to a Swiss license. (that would be the state of dream on, I'm sure).

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:11:06 -0800

Not bad. I found an answer there in 10 seconds that I was unable to find at all on the official DMV homepage, nor could get answered on the phone and ended up having to drive in and ask in person.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:29:59 -0800

Never had any problems with the Texas DPS.

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:22:29 -0800

With all due respect to the site's creators, I did recently come across it when searching for change of registration, license and insurance information and wrote it off as a Google ad trap. Under the main drill-down navigation for a particular state, two of the ten links go to the same place under the names "Auto Insurance Quotes" and "Car Insurance Quotes." This doesn't make my life easier -- it theoretically makes the site more searchable by Google and increases the paths available for them to get insurance referral revenue. Ultimately, I used my new state's DMV site -- it had no ads, I had no reason to question its credibility and though it was complex, each link pointed to one place and that one place had the appropriate information.

By: davebarnes

davebarnes — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:40:41 -0800

I only looked at vehicle registrations in Colorado. Not accurate and not useful at all. This "County Motor Vehicle Titles and Registrations Offices around the State" from the Colorado DMV site says it all. You register your car a county office and not a state office.

By: de void

de void — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:09 -0800

Content rich and useful? Pepsi blue? In my experience, the subject web site does nothing but clutter up google results when I'm searching for REAL information from the New Jersey DMV. In fact, it's so bad that I now specifically exclude this site when I'm searching DMV stuff.