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Federal Transportation Officials Want Self-Driving Cars Sooner

Federal transportation officials are rethinking their position on self-driving cars with an eye toward getting the emerging technology into the public’s hands, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Just two years ago, the agency struck a …

California DMV Agreement Changes How Motor Vehicle Records Are Handled

California agents and brokers are being notified of a new change to how they can handle motor vehicle records. An agreement between representatives from the insurance industry and the California Department of Motor Vehicles eventually enabled the DMV to revise …

DMV Agrees to California Brokers Group’s Revisions

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has agreed to make major revisions proposed by the Independent Agents & Brokers of California to its commercial requester agreement that will permit agents and brokers to provide motor vehicle records to insurers and …

Florida DMV Changes Drivers’ License Process to Prevent Sex Offender Error

The Florida agency that issues driver’s licenses has changed how clerks enter information into the computer system after two people were given licenses that wrongly labeled them sex offenders or predators. An agency spokesman on Monday provided The Associated Press …

Bill Giving California Agents Access to Vehicle Records Heads to Committee

A bill that would direct the California Department of Motor Vehicles to give insurance agents and brokers better access to motor vehicle records will be heard before the before the Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday. Assembly Bill 933, sponsored by …

Immigrants’ Prior Licenses to be Checked by California DMV

Immigrants in the country illegally who fraudulently obtained a California driver’s license before it was legal won’t get a new card until state authorities review their driving record. The Department of Motor Vehicles this month started issuing special licenses to …

Nevada Driver Cards Draw Nearly 49,000 to Take Tests

Nearly 49,000 Nevada residents have taken written tests since January to obtain state driver authorization cards, and just under 16,400 people have gotten the documents as of June 11, state Department of Motor Vehicles officials said. The cards are available …

Immigrants in California Study for Driver Test Months Out

There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the test required to get one. A …

Autonomous Vehicle Testing Regulations for California Coming Soon

If you think Google when you think about autonomous vehicles driving the streets, you’re leaving out the rest of the players in what some see as the future of the auto industry. If fact, there are enough players in the …

Most Fail Test For Driver Authorization Card: Nevada DMV

Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles officials have advice for immigrants seeking a driver authorization card: study. They estimate 75 percent of applicants have failed the written test needed for the card under a new law that made the state the …