New Jersey MVC Going Mobile to Help New Drivers Get Their License

Since the start of the pandemic, it's not been the easiest thing to do business at New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, especially if you're waiting to get a driver's license. However, a new concept being tested by NJMVC could help.

If you've got a teen of permit age in your household, then you both know the permit and driver's license struggle is REAL right now. Lines are long and the wait longer if you visit an MVC in person.

During a press conference Wednesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy unveiled a Mobile MVC to help drivers get the permit needed to put them on a path to obtaining their first driver’s license, reports NJ.com.

As of mid-week, Motor Vehicle Commission reportedly had zero appointments available anywhere in New Jersey to take the written test or even apply for a permit.

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But, if successful, the Mobile MVC could "add hundreds of test appointments [to the calendar] over the next few months," according to MVC Chief Administrator Sue Fulton.

Passaic Community College in Wanaque will be the veritable "guinea pig" for the remote Motor Vehicle Commission experiment beginning Saturday, September 25th, by appointment only.

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.