![]() ![]() Joan Moon, by the way, the Realtor who struck out three times, finally got her license after doing the eLearning program. That’s what he did then he went to a DMV office for the required eye test, and he got his license. You just keep changing the answers until you put in every correct answer.” You then are allowed to enter another answer. “If you pick the wrong answer they let you know. “After each section there is a short test with multiple-choice answers,” Group explained. ![]() “Or famous,” his wife, Diane, added in the background. “It’s basically a 40-minute video in seven sections that you watch online,” said Group, an actor who told me he’s made a living at his craft but not gotten rich. When you do, you might be given the option of taking a pass-fail online knowledge test, or to instead use the DMV's eLearning program, which is what Group did. He was apprehensive about taking the test, so he did some research and found that it was wise to begin the renewal process online. In the end, she took the written test and passed.Įncino resident Mitchell Group, 70, offered the same tip as several other readers. First she was told that a paper test was no longer an option, and later she was told that you had to flunk a computer test first. “I called the state DMV office twice and they said I had a right to request a paper test,” said Speir, but she got a different story at the Long Beach branch she went to. Read more: Letters to the Editor: Why is the DMV allowed to practice age discrimination? She said she has trouble with computers and requested a paper test, but that led to a whole additional rigmarole. Speir flunked twice on the computerized knowledge test and insists she was done in by “trick questions” that have nothing to do with driving ability. ![]() Long Beach resident Sue Speir, 74, said she thinks that’s unfair, especially in the case of seniors on fixed incomes. If you flunk three times, as Moon did before passing on her fourth try, you have to pay another $41 fee to start a new round of test-taking. “For example, how many points are you allowed in a year? And what does that have to do with how good a driver I am? Or where can I legally mount my cellphone?” The four questions I missed were ones I had not seen on any of the learning tools.” “Both the test course and the apps said they would encompass all the questions that would be on the test. I went to college and I’ve been a Realtor for 30 years and most people think I’m intelligent, but I took the third test and failed,” said Moon. She studied even harder this time, and even used flashcards. “It was soul-crushing,” said Moon, who took her daughter’s advice and got two test-prep apps. So she studied hard again, took another test, and failed again. Joan Moon, 77, a Ladera Heights Realtor, purchased a prep course for the test, studied hard and failed. The agency insists she take another driving test every year or two she insists her eye doctor says that’s not necessary. Read more: Column: Who’s more dangerous behind the wheel - drivers 70 and older, or 30 and younger?Īlthough she got her license renewed, Vinitzian is now battling the DMV over a vision dispute. “They love to ask about the number of feet, the number of yards, the numbers for jail sentences.” “There’s a cottage industry to be had in terms of coaching people to memorize all the numbers in the DMV handbook,” Vinitzian said. She later learned that’s a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, like a golf cart. The other was about sharing the road with NEVs, with no explanation as to what an NEV is. One was about how to protect yourself from carbon monoxide poisoning, “but they offered no context” regarding the specific situation. talent coach, said she flunked twice before passing on her third try, and she recalls two “ridiculous” questions in particular. That level of specificity was laughable.”Īlysia Vinitzian, 70, a West L.A. The answers I had to choose from were 8, 10 and 12 inches, with 10 being the correct answer. John Suggs, 76, of Scotts Valley in the Santa Cruz Mountains, says he got a test question about “how far your chest is supposed to be from an airbag. But pass or fail, a lot of drivers say they find a number of the questions to be infuriatingly trivial and useless in determining driving ability. I’ve also heard from readers who flew through the process without complications and passed easily. To summarize the complaints that fly in over my transom, readers aren’t clear on whether you can take an online test at home, or, if you go to a DMV office for your test, whether you can take it on paper rather than on a computer. ![]()
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