# Drivers License lost in the mail,so I have to go to the DMV for the second time **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587 "2018-05-04T16:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/1 "2018-05-04T16:41:49Z")
I went to the DMV back in March to renew my driver’s license. It couldn’t be done by mail this time, had to be done in person. I still haven’t received the new license so this morning I called them up to find out what’s going on. Turned out they mailed it a month ago, so it must have gotten lost. I have to back to the DMV a second time. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/2 "2018-05-04T19:23:08Z")
I am sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/3 "2018-05-04T19:26:34Z")
But remember, it’s all for the good of national security. The sheer stupidity of the Real ID act means that most states can’t issue driver’s licenses on the spot any longer. Feel more safe? Take off those shoes! No large tubes of toothpastes! But, of course, guns everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/4 "2018-05-04T21:48:57Z")
How will they differentiate between your lost lisc. and a new one? Presumably the first one is out there somewhere. That could get crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/5 "2018-05-05T01:11:57Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I am sorry for your loss. Wins the thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/6 "2018-05-05T07:17:17Z")
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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/7 "2018-05-05T15:13:15Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > But remember, it’s all for the good of national security. The sheer stupidity of the Real ID act means that most states can’t issue driver’s licenses on the spot any longer. Feel more safe? Take off those shoes! No large tubes of toothpastes! > > But, of course, guns everywhere. Not where they make you take your shoes off or limit the size of your toothpste tube. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/8 "2018-05-05T15:28:45Z")
You mean those nice people who make you take off your shoes aren’t carrying? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/9 "2018-05-05T15:44:50Z")
Check your credit report. Your DL isn’t “lost” in the mail, it was likely stolen. Someone could be using that ID for all sorts of things. Therefore, keep a close eye on your credit report. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivers-license-lost-in-the-mail-so-i-have-to-go-to-the-dmv-for-the-second-time/813587/10 "2018-05-05T17:12:32Z")
I had to go to the DMV this past week to renew my license. I was there for 3 hours and 40 minutes. It sucked.