Texas DPS is considering a virtual appointment system to help deal with long waits for driver license renewal appointments.
When visiting a Department of Public Safety Driver’s License Center Friday, it was easy to find people upset with the current process.
“It took me about six months to get an appointment to get in here and the wait time was over two hours,” customer Russell Hossin said.“I live over in Dallas County, but actually it was three months out to get an appointment over there so I came to Fort Worth because it was about a month out,” customer Mark Brendstrup said.NBC 5 discovered that at least 45 DPS offices had an average wait for an appointment of more than 30 days.
Staffing shortages and low salaries are partly to blame. That's why DPS is considering a virtual appointment system.“Because you are online and it’s just a faster process,” customer Tina Sample said. “It’s just like your virtual doctor’s appointments they're faster.” “You should be able to do almost anything at home now,” Brendstrup said. “It seems like it would make a lot more sense and probably be a lot more cost-effective I would think for the state if they could do something like that.”“It’s 2024 and we’ve got better ways of doing things,” Hossin said.
If money is granted it could take at least two years to get the technology implemented. They are expected to ask for that funding come January.36-year-old's Etsy side hustle brings in up to $54,000 a month, takes 10 hours a week — it paid off her student loan debt
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