We're Official!

With a day off in observance of the Fourth of July, we headed to the DMV. We find it odd that in a state whose governator is threatening to close its parks to balance its budget, the DMV was actually open and fully operational on a day that most businesses were closed.

Based on the short lines, it was pretty apparent that most other folks in need of paying their driving privilege taxes didn't know they could take care of their civic duties today either. We were in and out pretty fast, but not before taking our License Exams! Yes, in order to get a license here, even if you've had one in another state, you have to pass a 40 question multiple choice exam, which while it would seem easy for those of us who have been driving since our teens, was actually more challenging that you'd think...

For example:
- Do you know the legal blood alcohol limit in California?

- Do you know under what circumstances it is OK to smoke in your car?

- What is the proper thing to do when you see an emergency vehicle coming up behind you?

- Under what circumstances should you dim your high beams? It's all pretty straight forward, right?

James schmoozed with the workers, bragging about our DMV Supervisor Dad. And in the end, we both passed the test and got our new licenses and plates... And Dad, you can be proud knowing your son officially got fewer wrong answers than his wife

Off the record, whern we got home we discovered that the test examiner neglected to count one of James' wrong answers, so we actually tied at 90%. We didn't get any of the same questions wrong though, which (aside from demoralizing DMV workers nation-wide) has two scary implications to consider:

Either 1...
Our combined knowledge of road safety makes us invincible drivers- canceling out each other's faults, so long as we're in the car together we can do no wrong.

...Or 2:
We are going to continue the long genealogical line of back seat drivers in our families...

SCARY THOUGHT!!!