'I need it now': Long lines persist as Real I.D. deadline approaches
WXII 12 News
[{'start': '1.768', 'end': '3.570', 'text': "THIS TIME.  ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON, THE  CLOCK IS TICKING FOR YOU TO GET  A REAL I.D.  AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF DELAYS.  NEW RULES WILL FINALLY KICK IN  MAY 7TH.  THAT'S THIS COMING WEDNESDAY.  OUR JOSHUA DAVIS WENT TO A TRIAD  DMV TODAY AND SPOKE TO FOLKS WHO  WERE WAITING FOR HOURS IN A LINE  THAT WRAPPED ALL AROUND THE  BUILDING.  WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME,  THIS LINE IS PRETTY MUCH  NONEXISTENT.  A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE THAN WHAT  IT LOOKED LIKE THIS MORNING.  BUT FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS I  SPOKE TO THEN, THEY SAY THEY HAD  NO CHOICE BUT TO WAIT IN LINE TO  GET THEIR REAL ID.  THEY WERE ALL, I THINK, OUT OF  APPOINTMENTS FOR AT LEAST THE  NEXT THREE MONTHS, TWO MONTHS,  AND I NEED IT NOW.  YOU CAN SEE I IT FOR YOURSELF.  A LINE STRETCHED AROUND THE DMV  ON SILAS CREEK PARKWAY MITCHELL  HARRISON WAS STUCK IN LINE FOR  NEARLY AN HOUR TRYING TO GET HER  REAL ID WHEN WE CAUGHT UP WITH  HER.  THIS WAS HER SECOND DAY IN A ROW  AT THE DMV.  SHE TOLD ME SHE WAITED FOR HOURS  ON HER FIRST TRY.  I MEAN, JUST IF I CAN'T GET IT  TODAY, THEN I'M JUST GOING TO  HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN TOMORROW  AND DO THE SAME THING.  SO TILL I CAN GET IT, BECAUSE I  NEED IT.  THE REAL ID ACT WAS ADOPTED A  FEW YEARS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER  11TH ATTACKS.  IT ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR  STATE ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSES.  IF YOURR LICENSE DOESN'T MEET  THOSE STANDARDS, IT MEANS YOU  WON'T BE ACCEPTED WHEN YOU TRY  TO BOARD DOMESTIC FLIGHTS OR  ACCESS CERTAIN FEDERAL  BUILDINGS.  BUT WHY IS IT BEING ENFORCED  NOW?  EXPERTS TELL WXII IT'S BECAUSE  IT TOOK STATES A BIT LONGER TO  CHANGE DRIVER'S LICENSE  PROCESSES TO MEET REAL ID  REQUIREMENT.  THIS THEN LED TO DELAY AFTER  DELAY.  AND FOR ONE ARMY VETERAN I SPOKE  TO, HE'D BEEN WAITING FOR TWO  HOURS BY THE TIME WE SPOKE.  I HAVE EVERYTHING ON HERE JUST  IN CASE.  LIKE I SAID FOR MYSELF, I BOUGHT  MY MILITARY ID, I BROUGHT MY  PASSPORT, MY DOCUMENT,  EVERYTHING JUST IN CASE.  BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEY'LL  SEND YOU BACK HOME AND YOU HAVE  TO WAIT IN LINE.  ANOTHER FIVE HOURS LATER.  IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING THIS.  AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR REAL  ID, YOU CAN STILL USE  DOCUMENTATION LIKE YOUR PASSPORT  WHEN BOARDING YOUR NEXT FLIGHT.  IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THOUGH,  YOU'LL LIKELY FACE ADDITIONAL  SCREENING WHEN YOU GO THROUGH  AIRPORT SECURITY.  IN W"}]