Motor Vehicle Commission Wait Times A Total Disaster With Times Exceeding Three Hours, with new reports some waited 6+ hours with nothing done. Fights were reported in at least Trenton and Edison. Edison Police had to call neighboring departments for help.
July 7, 2020 posted at 4 pm, updated at 9 pm.
TRENTON, LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, (MERCER), SOUTH BRUNSWICK, (MIDDLESEX), NJ –People set up camp and waited in line, some earlier than 6 am but, they were not waiting in line for a Black Friday Sale, A Trump Rally or even concert tickets, they were just waiting for a visit to the local NJ Motor Vehicle Commission office.
It has been months since people could process an in person transaction to get or renew a license, register a car, get new plates and any other in person transaction that the MVC office processes.
The extremely long lines, snaked though parking lots, around buildings and even up the side of highways as the first day the NJ MVC opened its doors since the COVID-19 closures months ago.
Just after 8 am, a fight was reported this morning at the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission in Trenton on South Stockton Street. Trenton Police responded and reported that the line was wrapped around the building.
In South Brunswick/Dayton hundreds were in line as the line snaked back and fourth though the parking lot then eventually up Route 130. A group of people still about 100 deep at that location reported they had been in line since 6 am.
In Lawrence at Bakers Basin the scene was similar with lines wrapping around and though parking lots. People sat in chairs and under umbrellas and even a frozen dessert truck set up in the area near Route 1.
Edison, NJ we have a report of a disturbance at the Edison NJ Motor Vehicle Commission and Edison Police had to call mutual aid departments to the scene around 1:42 pm.
South Brunswick-Dayton: NJ Motor Vehicle Commission:
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Trenton NJ Motor Vehicle Commission:
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Lawrence Township: NJ Motor Vehicle Commission Bakers Basin:
Photos by: Brian McCarthy OnScene News
Photos by: Brian McCarthy OnScene News
Great. Now go work on the DMV. The reopening was AWFUL today and we left with nothing after spending 6 hours at Edison. 😡. Terrible management!!!!
— Christie Anderson (@clagrlpwr) July 7, 2020
Do something about your DMV! Complete Shit Show today for the kids taking road tests in complete chaos! Edison DMV Cars triple parked in NO PARKING ZONE! My kid could barely get out of the lot for her road test cars coming from every direction she touched double yellow line
— Patricia (@Patrici13271782) July 7, 2020
My wife and daughter have been at the MVC since 7 am. The line at Baker’s Basin is backed up out to Route 1 and causing traffic issues. This is just another colossal disaster from our “leadership.”
— Steve (@steveblorp) July 7, 2020
Apparently things are out of hand at DMV in North Brunswick with the animals having fist fights in the long lines. Better give those workers a raise so they work even slower. LMFAO. #JerseyStupid #FascistPhilMurphy
— Phildo Murphy (@marshallphill) July 7, 2020
Friends kid finally got his license at 3:30 he was 49th in line. We were at least 100 or so people behind them. That’s 7 licenses being processed an hour. Maybe Freehold DMV processed 55 licenses by quitting time 4:30 #njdmv #njdmvisajoke https://t.co/ipDbgwnLMS
— Tom Martin (@TBone2332) July 7, 2020
I’m currently at New Jersey DMV in Freehold and I am not exaggerating.The line is a quarter of a mile long at least!You now have to spend your entire day to get anything done here.Welcome to socialism.New to the USA, but I lived it in South America.
Way to go @GovMurphy! pic.twitter.com/ezTB1jB4KO