[joedoh]

I grew up in pittsburgh and when I tell people in kansas about the hassle of getting a drivers license in pa it boggles their minds. you have to apply to take the test, wait for the form, take the form to the drivers station and take the written test, if you pass they send you a permit. you practice driving a while and go take the driving test, if you pass they stamp your permit and you submit a form to get your license. in a couple weeks you get a form to take to the library and have your picture taken. in a couple more weeks you get your license in the mail.

when I moved to kansas I lost my wallet a week before moving. the ks dl center wouldnt give me a ks dl until I gave them the pa one to cancel. I went back twice a week to plead my case to the same lady, the pa process to get a duplicate couldnt be done ad absentia, I needed to be there to have my picture taken again and get a duplicate. after three weeks and the same answer, I left the "out of state" line and got in the "new license" line. the woman at the front of that line sat right next to the woman I had been pleading with for three weeks. she watched me advance in line and when the lady in my line asked "have you ever had a license in another state?" I looked right at her and said "NO". I had a picture license in an hour.