DMV

Eric is so mad at the DMV. When he had the seizure the doctor told us that we should go to the DMV and surrender his driver's license. Otherwise it would be suspended. So we went in and they gave us the paperwork that he could fill out to get it back in 90 days. They told us it would cost $28 for an ID card in the interim and $4 for Eric to get his license back when the 90 wait was over. Eric decided he could live without an ID card for 3 months because he thought it was a ripoff to have to spend that kind of money.

So when 60 days was up we had Eric's neurologist sign off on the paperwork for the DMV and then we mailed it in and after another 30 days he went in to get his license. First, they charged him $14 rather than the $4 they originally told us and we were informed that when he goes back to get his CDL (because that was a 6 month wait) he will have to pay an additional $14! So Eric was pretty ticked about that. He said he never should have surrendered his license to begin with; that he should have just let them suspend it. But that's what we get for trying to do the right thing I guess.

Then a couple of days later we got this letter in the mail from the DMV stating that it is a TWO YEAR wait in order for Eric to get his CDL back rather than the 6 months stated in the DMV's manual that the neurologist printed from the DMV's website. The letter also stated that we could request a review of Eric's situation from a medical review board, but we had to submit a request in writing to them within 10 days of the date of the letter if we wanted to do that. Well, the letter was dated December 11th and we didn't even receive it until December 18th. So that gave us a very limited window of time in which to make a decision. I called the DMV and asked for an extension which they were either unwilling or unable to grant. So we went ahead and mailed a letter requesting a medical review. Upon consulting with Eric's neurologist, he advised that it would be worth our while to do that anyway.

So now we are waiting for them to get back to us with a date that this medical review board is to take place. I truly dislike the DMV... Eric and I discussed this, and we're quite certain that you cannot be hired at either the DMV or the Post Office unless your personality meets certain criteria - meaning you have to be a jerk!