Drivers flock to DMV as Real ID deadline approaches
WMUR-TV
[{'start': '1.201', 'end': '8.374', 'text': "IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY UPGRADED.  A KEY DEADLINE IS QUICKLY  ARRIVING.  FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE FINALLY  GOING TO START ENFORCING REAL ID  LAWS ON MAY 7TH.  THAT MEANS YOU NEED A FORM OF  IDENTIFICATION LIKE THIS ONE  THAT COMPLIES WITH THE BEEFED UP  LAWS TO BOARD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT.  NOTE THE LITTLE YELLOW STAR  THAT'S UP IN THE CORNER THAT  SHOWS YOUR ID IS GOOD TO GO.  WE MET A WOMAN AT THE AIRPORT  TODAY WHO SAYS SHE DIDN'T  HESITATE TO GET HERS YEARS AGO.  PROCRASTINATION NEVER HELPS  ANYONE.  WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S COMING, YOU  BEAT THE RUSH.  THIS TYPE OF ENHANCED ID COMES  YEARS AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE  MADE FOLLOWING THE NINE OVER 11  ATTACKS AND THE RUSH TO GET ONE  SOON IS REAL.  HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE  STATE'S DIVISION OF MOTOR  VEHICLES SAYS IT'S SEEING AS  MUCH AS A 35% INCREASE IN  TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.  WE KNEW IT WAS COMING AND IT  KEPT GETTING PUSHED BACK, SO WE  KIND OF DELAYED IT.  AND IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING,  BUT EVERYONE'S BEEN REALLY  FRIENDLY.  SARAH MOSS WENT TO THE  MANCHESTER LOCATION TODAY TO PAY  THE $3 TO UPGRADE HER CURRENT  LICENSE.  APPOINTMENTS ARE BOOKED OUT FOR  SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT WALK INS LIKE  SARAH ARE WELCOME AND THE DMV IS  OPENING ITS LOCATIONS IN  MANCHESTER, CONCORD AND TWIN  MOUNTAIN.  THIS SATURDAY.  SPECIFICALLY FOR REAL ID  TRANSACTIONS.  IT'S WORTH NOTING, THOUGH, THAT  REAL ID IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS  VOLUNTARY, AND IF YOU DON'T MAKE  IT IN THE NEXT WEEK, THAT'S  OKAY.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE  DMV BEFORE MAY 7TH TO GET YOUR  REAL ID.  WE'LL BE OFFERING THE REAL ID  AND THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD  SO YOU CAN COME IN WHENEVER IT  WORKS FOR YOU.  SO SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALSO  REPORTED INSTANT VERIFICATION  PROBLEMS AT TSA AIRPORT  CHECKPOINTS WITH NEWLY ISSUED  IDS HERE AND IN OTHER STATES,  TOO.  THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE  NEW CARDS.  RATHER, THE TSA IS WORKING TO  INTEGRATE NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NEW  DESIGN INTO ITS SYSTEM.  THAT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF  TIME.  IF THIS HAPPENS, FOLKS MAY JUST  HAVE TO GET THEIR LICENSE  RENEWED MANUALLY, WHICH CAN TAKE  A FEW MINUTES.  GO TO THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE  AND APP FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF  THE DOCUMENTS YOU NEED TO GET A  REAL"}]