Online permit testing program saves time for all at Arizona MVD offices
Mar 23, 2019, 5:15 AM
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PHOENIX – Fledgling Arizona drivers aren’t the only ones benefiting from the state’s online learner’s permit test program.
Since Permit Test @ Home debuted one year ago, 83,000 permit tests were taken online, the Arizona Department of Transportation said this week.
New teen drivers still have to go to a Motor Vehicle Division office to pick up their permits, but the transaction is much faster, freeing up office space and time for other customers, the agency said.
ADOT said time-saving policies such as Permit Test @ Home have helped the MVD knock about half an hour off the average office visit since 2015, from 52 minutes to 22 minutes.
ICYMI: A year ago we launched our Permit Test @ Home program, which has now saved 830,000 people a trip to the MVD. Read more about it here: https://t.co/sX2mJrvN6D pic.twitter.com/vh3ineHKHv
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) March 21, 2019
Applicants must be at least 15½ years old, and once they obtain permits they can only get behind the wheel with a licensed driver age 21 or older in the front seat.
New drivers under 18 must accumulate 30 road hours under permit restrictions for six months and then pass a road test to earn a license.