All drivers have been required to take the test once their license expires after turning 70, which has been a policy but not a law, according to DMV Director Steve Gordon.

Q: A friend for whom English is a second language must take a knowledge test in order to renew his California driver’s license. I helped him study the English version of the DMV Study Guide ...

I have never had an accident in 60 years of driving. Does the DMV require the knowledge test of all drivers over a certain age? If so, I think that is age discrimination.

DMV Commissioner Everett Frazier said taking the knowledge test is one of the more time-consuming transactions in the regional offices.

DMV Commissioner Everett Frazier recently announced more than 80,000 knowledge tests have been taken online through the division’s online services portal since its inception in Feb. 2021.

All drivers had been required to take the knowledge test once their license expired after turning 70, which had been a policy but not a law, DMV Director Steve Gordon said in a press release.