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    Steve Lopez: Older drivers have road rage over DMV test questions. Some would prefer driving test

    by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times Apr 19, 2023 4 minutes
    Traffic on a Los Angeles freeway during the evening rush hour commute on Apr. 12, 2023, in Alhambra, California.

    When it comes to the California Department of Motor Vehicles and its policies and practices, people are not timid. They have opinions, suggestions and gripes they can't wait to unload, and I'm still going through hundreds of responses to my column about driver's license renewals for people 70 and older.

    I'd written about the requirement — as of Jan. 1 — that anyone 70 or older who wants to renew has to go to a DMV office for a knowledge test and an eye exam. The requirement had actually been in place since 1978, but was temporarily lifted during the COVID-19 pandemic, making it possible to renew online with no hassles.

    My column explored the question of whether, as some insisted, this was a

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