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Re: Scheduled outage -- Nationwide no driver license updates this weekend


From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:39:55 -0500

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 6:12 PM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:

Verizon network maintenance will impact access to the “National Driver
Register,” a system that motor vehicle offices around the country need to
check before handing out a license.

Wait, what year is it?
how is a network maintenance on what seems like a fairly critical system going
to cause a total outage of said system?

I think we time traveled back to 1990 here...


All 50 states and D.C. participate in the National Driver Register, a
database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The register contains information about drivers who have had their driving
privileges revoked, suspended or denied due to serious traffic violations,
such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, reckless driving
or excessive speeding.


The scheduled maintenance should be finished by Monday, in case you needed
to update your driver's license or planned to do some reckless driving
this weekend.


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