Tennessee Driver License reform Bill moves forward in committee
March 27, 2015
Written by Tennessee State Representative Curtis Johnson
Speaker Pro Tempore
Nashville, TN – Legislation designed to save money and cut down on the time spent renewing driver licenses moved forward this week in the House of Representatives.
As many Tennesseans note, despite technologies that allow licenses to be renewed online or in mobile kiosks, driver license centers across the state are often overcrowded.
House Bill 198 seeks to help solve this problem by moving the driver license renewal period from five to eight years. As the law stands now, Tennessee has among the shortest periods of time that a license is valid when compared to other states. Most states already have either a seven or an eight year license.
Tennessee State Representative Curtis Johnson
Tennessee Department of Safety announces Online Driver Services to be Temporary Interrupted for Upgrade
February 6, 2015
Department Upgrading Driver License Computer System to Improve Customer Service
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced that online services offered by its Driver Services Division will not be available over the upcoming President’s Day weekend to allow time to make improvements to the statewide driver license computer system.
Online driver services will not be available to citizens starting at 5:00pm CST on Friday, February 13th. Online services will resume at 7:00am CST on Tuesday, February 17th. All state offices are closed on Monday, February 16th for President’s Day. [Read more]
Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announces decrease in Driver Service Center average wait time for first six months of 2013
July 23, 2013
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security has announced that the average wait time at state driver services centers has decreased so far this year compared to 2012.
The average wait time from January 1st – June 30th at centers statewide, excluding reinstatement centers, fell from 34 minutes in 2012 to 31.5 minutes in 2013. There was a slight increase, however, from the first quarter of 2013 in which the average wait time was 30.5 minutes compared to the second quarter when the wait time averaged 32 minutes. [Read more]
