Melissa McDonald Quotations

We're not sure if the program will be revised or scratched. The review is barely under way and may take several more weeks.

The wait time at DL stations is something we're working hard to improve. The station in Blountville is a full-service station. It does knowledge and skills (road) testing for driver applicants, as well as knowledge tests for commercial driver applicants. It handles renewals and duplicates. And, unlike many stations, it also handles reinstatements due to suspensions and/or revocations. This keeps the staff very busy.

That, plus, other job performance issues, were why he was terminated, but he didn't commit a criminal act because he didn't apply to be a state vendor. He just made a suggestion.

Obviously, 15-year-olds seeking learner permits account for a large number of the people who come to the (driver's license) stations each day. If we can develop an effective way to test many at once, it will greatly impact the number of people in line overall. At this time, this is just a pilot project, but results of the initial round of testing are encouraging.

His wife told police that he had had a concussion a few weeks before, and they didn't know what the impact of the crash had done to him. There was a helicopter called in that first day (to look for him).

Fifty percent did not have to come to the station. Seventy-eight percent of the people were willing to use the Internet.