[Prof]

My niece got her first car on day before 16th birthday. Happily went to Houston-area DPS for license. As of Sept.1, one needs to schedule appointment for driving portion and the wait can be 14-20 days. Niece wept all the way back to school, majorly disappointed with the new Texas regulations. I guess everyone is cutting back, including Texas offices.

Fortunately, only a nine day wait. "These are the longest days of my whole life!!!" she said.

I now expect everything to be less than instant with local/state/federal offices.