If you are not from California you might be surprised to learn that you must be a minumum of 18 years old in order to obtain a driver’s license. But like all of Cali’s rules and regulations, it’s not that simple. You can still receive a provisional permit if you are over 16 years old (actually 15 and a half), but under 18.

This provisional permit has a set of rules. The main thing to worry about is the regulations for the first year:

First 12 months of the provisional permit

You must be accompanied and watched over by a licensed parent, guardian or other licensed driver who is 25 years of age or older or a licensed or certified driving instructor when you:

• Transport passengers under 20 years of age at any time
• Drive between 11 pm and 5 am

As you can imagine, it is hard for the police to monitor all these conditions. However, you never know when they are going to get you—so I would recommend following these rules.

If you are interested in this permit, click here for more information on applying.

We have been compiling a database of all the California DMV locations. You can access it three different ways:

1. Type the area/city of the DMV you’re looking for in the search bar on our site.
2. Click the link titled “DMV Locations in California” (on the right sidebar).
3. Click this link:  CLICK ME FOR LOCATIONS.

Unfortunately, we are still building the database so not all cities are there yet. But we add new ones each day. Also, expect to see a map soon (it will make it much easier to find the locations).

You walk into your local DMV and what is the first thing you do?

…Take a number…

You take a little ticket that looks outstandingly similar to a cattle-tag made from paper. Then, you look around for a place to sit. Hopefully you have choices because this is an extremely important decision—who knows how long you will have to wait? You definitely don’t want to get caught near some flatulent blubbery beast or a bawling baby. This decision must be made expediently or else the crowd will wonder what/why you are contemplating nervously–You don’t want this appearance in a public place constantly threatened by maniac bombers!

You make your choice and feel pretty good about it. To your left is an elderly person re-applying for a Driver’s License (his was taken away five years ago because of reckless old driving…the worst kind). To your right is a young couple sans baby. Speaking of babies, you are lucky enough that there isn’t a crying baby for at least 3 seats! You snuggle up in the black faux-leather chair and smile to yourself. But then it hits you; the long, deep, stare from the creepster across the DMV waiting area!

Where do you look? Right back at him? No, you can’t do that, he might think that is an invitation. So you stare at the ground; waiting. Since you have nothing to look at, you decided to listen…

You hear babies crying, people coughing, beeps of the metal detector at the entrance. You think, what is this place that is so dreary that I want to stick toothpicks in my toenails and kick a wall to fight the boredom?

“That’s the California DMV for ya…”

You look up to your left at the old man speaking and wonder if he just read your mind or you spoke your thoughts aloud but then he continues:

“always lettin’ short people go first. I’ve been watchin’ the numbers and I tell you it just ain’t fair. The smaller the person the faster they go through the numbers. Them and the Irish, you just watch. ”

“yep, I can’t stand it when that happens.” Why did you just say that? Sometimes you find yourself agreeing with outrageous ideas because you are just happy someone is talking to you.

“What? Are you serious?” Says the old man. “I was just sayin’ that as a joke…you luck pretty stupid now don’t you?”

How could you have just gotten burned by this old man. You consider fighting back. All you do is laugh.

“Nice comeback” He says.

You cry a little inside and vow never to return to the DMV in California again.

…(to be continued)…

I have collected a series of odd California Driver’s License’s from various places on the internet. They are all jokes, but it is funny that California manages to be an easy target for this humor.

The first one is of Mo from the Three Stooges.

I love his face! This came from imhimports.com

The second Driver’s License comes from therawfeed.com

This is the old joke about Osama having had a California Driver’s License…yeah, I don’t think it is funny either. Why do they always want to pick on us?!?!

This next one is the speculation of a possible merger between California and Mexico. You could call it a reunification. It is a cartoon-like Mexican man complete with a sombrero. It comes from the site virgomonkey.wordpress.com

I can’t really tell the difference between the actual and this photo. Considering the interesting pictures that always manage to surface of the talented Britney Spears. Again, why do they have to give California such a bad name…

This comes from gabbybabbly.com. It looks like one of Joker’s girls from the 90’s Batman!

So, we have some interesting representations of California through these DLs. I think it is odd that our state is used so much for these Driver’s License mockeries. And I thought my DL picture was bad!

Check all that apply:

• This funny thing happened to me at the California DMV today…
• I’m a disgruntled patron of the CA DMV.
• The DMV is run so inefficiently.
• I’m considering malicious actions against the California DMV.
• I like to people watch at the Department of Motor Vehicles in California.
• I work at the DMV and I can’t stand civilians.
• I work at the DMV and I love all human beings…but secretly I myself am not human…

If you checked any of the aforementioned then theCaliforniaDMV.com is for you. This site is dedicated to the pursuit of expressing-yourself-ness as pertains to the California DMV. Humour, anger, beware, and philosophy are all covered here (as long as they relate to the CA DMV).

But don’t worry if you are looking for good information as well, you will also find all the relevant information you might need regarding your visit there (as it can be a jungle!). On the right sidebar, you can find a list of DMV Locations, hours, and tips on this site as well. You can also just type in your city in the search bar and the site will find DMV locations

Enjoy!

P.S. This site is not the official DMV.gov site. All information is intended as entertainment and we are not guaranteeing the validity of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. However, if you do find any mistakes in any portion of this site, please comment.