I can’t easily find it right now, but there was a comment thread a while back on Slate Star Codex where we concluded that, actually, the problem isn’t with DMVs.
The problem is with DMVs in California.
Any attempt to analyze the problem and/or solve it, must take into account this peculiarity!
EDIT:Found it. The situation’s a bit more nuanced that my one-sentence summary above, but nonetheless it’s clear that “DMVs are just terrible” does not generalize. Some are (seemingly more often in California); many are not.
I recall them being terrible in NY, although it’s been awhile.
I was also in a uniquely horrible situation because I moved from NY, lost my drivers license, couldn’t easily get a new from from NY (cuz I don’t live there anymore) and couldn’t easily get one from CA because I couldn’t prove I had one to transfer. (The results is that I think I need to take the driving test again, but it’ll get scheduled out another couple months from now, or something)
Which, I dunno I’d be surprised if any bureaucracy handled that particularly well, honestly.
I can’t easily find it right now, but there was a comment thread a while back on Slate Star Codex where we concluded that, actually, the problem isn’t with DMVs.
The problem is with DMVs in California.
Any attempt to analyze the problem and/or solve it, must take into account this peculiarity!
EDIT: Found it. The situation’s a bit more nuanced that my one-sentence summary above, but nonetheless it’s clear that “DMVs are just terrible” does not generalize. Some are (seemingly more often in California); many are not.
I recall them being terrible in NY, although it’s been awhile.
I was also in a uniquely horrible situation because I moved from NY, lost my drivers license, couldn’t easily get a new from from NY (cuz I don’t live there anymore) and couldn’t easily get one from CA because I couldn’t prove I had one to transfer. (The results is that I think I need to take the driving test again, but it’ll get scheduled out another couple months from now, or something)
Which, I dunno I’d be surprised if any bureaucracy handled that particularly well, honestly.
Fwiw, my experiences with DMVs in DC, Maryland, Virginia, New York, and Minnesota have all been about as terrible as my experiences in California.
Unless there was a bureaucracy that used witnesses.