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Steve Lopez: Older drivers reveal strategies for passing that 'ridiculous' California DMV renewal test

Drivers are still finding“ obscure and ridiculous” questions when they have to take the written driving test at the DMV.

LOS ANGELES -- I wouldn't call it an atmospheric river, because those come and go. DMV mail falls in a never-ending rain, without regard to seasons.

Not that it's all bad news from readers who, like good soldiers, dutifully report every development from the front lines of the battle to renew their driver's licenses.

Rosa Maria Juarez, 94, shared a success story. The Montebello resident, who assured me she's a safe and conscientious driver, passed easily and offered to coach me when I take the test later this year.

Here's a pro tip from Juarez:

"They told me to go on a computer, but the computers are dirty. People are touching those computers. You can see

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