Driver's License Renewals by Mail to End

We can thank pervasive illegal immigration and falsified driver's licenses, plus terrorism concerns, for another of life's not-so-little inconveniences: beginning in 2008 we'll all have to stand in line at the DMV to renew our driver's licenses in person.

California says that in order to handle the increased DMV traffic, the state will likely more than double the current renewal fee of $26. Lovely.