SAN DIEGO — The Department of Motor Vehicles hit the brakes on a requirement that forced drivers 70 year of age and older to pass a written knowledge test to renew their license. Starting October 1, ...

To the editor: If a senior driver has received no traffic citations and been involved in no accidents since the last renewal, the DMV should mandate a vision test plus charge a renewal fee, and that’s ...

Q. I am 75 and a year or two ago I renewed my driver’s license at the Norco Department of Motor Vehicles office. I studied hard for the written test and … none wrong. A miracle! Why? For weeks I took ...

Q. My husband and I each had to renew our driver’s licenses this past summer. He took a written test, and I took the test on one of the Department of Motor Vehicles’ computers. We both passed our ...

A: The DMV has no plans to require driving tests for all drivers, no matter what their age. Anyone concerned that a driver may be unsafe can submit a DMV Request for Driver Reexamination (DS699). Q: I ...

The Department of Motor Vehicles’ written test can now be taken online — or skipped all together for some by replacing it with a 45-minute, online course. Generally, the test that the DMV calls the ...