Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t infallible. And neither are their computers. In fact, they’re just as fallible and prone to problems as the rest of us.
The current computer outage they’re having highlights that in a painful way for people needing to renew their license right now. Apparently you’re in for a long wait.
These problems are one reason that I scrutinize my clients’ driving records for potential inaccuracies. And I argue that we shouldn’t rely on DMV records to prove something the courts did (such as proving notice for driving on suspended license cases). After all, the courts have the best records about what they did. Right?!
DMV is only as accurate as the people that work there and the technology they use. Many of the people I’ve interacted with for clients have been surprisingly helpful, but everyone’s fallible.