Los Angeles Times

Why can’t Californians drive? The DMV’s lousy handbook is partly to blame

Milt Hess is a retired computer consultant who volunteers as an adult-literacy tutor at the Santa Barbara Public Library. He’s been working recently with a senior who wants to improve her writing. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Californians can’t blame their bad driving on an unreadable DMV handbook

To the editor: For sure, the Department of Motor Vehicles handbook reads much like a German medical textbook. But so many things that make for bad drivers stem from a lack of common sense, not a ...
Orange County Register

DMV says test questions are fair, but a reader says they aren’t all relevant

Q. I am 75 and a year or two ago I renewed my driver’s license at the Norco Department of Motor Vehicles office. I studied hard for the written test and … none wrong. A miracle! Why? For weeks I took ...
NBC 7 San Diego

California DMV Releases New Digital Driver Handbook

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced the release of a digital version of the 2016 California Driver Handbook. The free digital version is available for download in the ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Dartmouth students translate NH DMV handbook into Portuguese, hoping to inspire other accessibility efforts

A group of Dartmouth College students and community advocates want to make it easier for U.S. citizens from Brazil to obtain a New Hampshire driver’s license. They hope this will also help to spur ...
Press-Telegram

As a senior motorist, renewing my driver’s license made me a nervous wreck

Are you over 70 and a California driver? Are you going to have to renew your driver’s license anytime soon? Are you in for a surprise! And perhaps a nerve-wracking experience, like me. For over two ...