{"id":78528,"date":"2017-04-28T05:39:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=78528"},"modified":"2017-04-28T05:39:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:39:33","slug":"hawaiis-drivers-license-how-to-get-at-the-dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=78528","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii&#8217;s Drivers License:  How to get at the DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2471.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78535\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i don&#8217;t only teach surfing, i teach kids how to drive.  it&#8217;s a long process of begin a kid, to getting a permit, to getting a license.  in Hawaii, you can drive at 15 years old and i still remember getting my permit on my 15th birthday and driving home.  so when the opportunity comes for a new 15 year old to get a license, i&#8217;m helping out.   first stop is the City and County Driver&#8217;s License office.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2472.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i choose the one on the East Side because it&#8217;s super country and super empty.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78531\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the wait in line is a few minutes compared to a few hours in the office in Honolulu.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78536\" \/><\/p>\n<p>first thing is to go fill out the application.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and make sure you check the box.  Carissa Moore will help you out.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78532\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it takes less than 5 minutes to fill out the application.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then you wait in line to take the written test.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2467-e1493271339699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78559\" \/><\/p>\n<p>make sure you have all the paperwork with you.  you need identification and BOTH parents.  whether you&#8217;re married, divorced, fighting, or missing.  a child won&#8217;t be able to get a drivers license without BOTH parents signing the paper.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-78560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then enter the classroom and you can have all the time you want.  usually takes 20 minutes to finish the test.  and you&#8217;re allowed to get 6 wrong out of 30 questions.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_2478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"align none size-full wp-image-78529\" \/><\/p>\n<p>then once you pass, say &#8220;cheese&#8221; and get your driving permit.  practice, then go back 6 months later to get your drivers license.  it&#8217;s that easy here in Hawaii.  i want to congratulate this young woman on passing her test, and want to congratulate her to the next step of FREEDOM!<\/p>\n<p>by the way, the written exam costs $2.  and the permit costs $5.  i&#8217;m not joking, it&#8217;s that cheap! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i don&#8217;t only teach surfing, i teach kids how to drive. it&#8217;s a long process of begin a kid, to getting a permit, to getting a license. in Hawaii, you can drive at 15 years old and i still remember getting my permit on my 15th birthday and driving home. so when the opportunity comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}