Tag: DMV

California legislators might soon turn motorists' license plates into mobile digital ads, a measure proposed by Senator Curren Price that could help the state's cash-strapped economy. The AP reports that California could soon become the first state to use electronic license plates that flash ads when a car is stopped at a red light. These plates, developed by San Francisco startup Smart Plate, ...

Imagine if just by getting a driver's license, you were entering yourself into an unofficial, virtual lineup that police would scour for suspects. Well, if you live in North Carolina, that scenario is already reality. Created by the FBI, a current test program uses facial recognition technology to compare photos of suspects with the state's drivers' license database. According to USA Today, the ...

Poor DMV officials. They have a hard time of it, between re-taking digital I.D. photos until little newly-licensed Kayla or Callie gets her bangs just right and, well, they have to spend all day in the DMV. We can't blame them for being a little behind on the Web-SMS shorthand lingo, but this? Really? A cute 60-year-old Grandma from Fayetteville, NC happily drove to and from her teaching job ...