Shorter wait to get a driver's license in Georgia

ATLANTA - The effort to eliminate the hours-long wait to renew a Georgia driver&#39;s licenses seems to be working. <br> <br> More than 100,000 people avoided the state&#39;s most notoriously frustrating lines during the past two months by renewing their licenses by mail and over the Internet. <br> <br> The new renewal system is part of a broader push by Governor Barnes and other state officials to improve licensing procedures. <br> <br> If the current pace continues, about 500,000 people will renew their licenses by mail and Internet this year. <br> <br> That&#39;s about one-fourth of the two million total renewals each year. <br> <br> The phone-in appointment system, which started July 2001, saved another 55,000 people a wait. <br> <br> In metro Atlanta&#39;s core counties, two new high-tech driver&#39;s licensing centers have shortened lines significantly. Two more centers will open soon, and the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety is expanding the appointment system for on-the-road license tests.