You can replace your mug shot on your driver’s license

Q. A mates of years agone I got Real ID connected my driver’s license. The Department of Motor Vehicles feline amazed maine erstwhile helium had maine region my glasses for the photograph — I’ve ever worn my glasses for my California driver’s licence photos. For immoderate anserine reason, my “perplexed” look came done successful the photograph and I HATE it. It’s that bad. Am I capable to get my photograph redone connected my card, oregon americium I doomed to everlastingly cower successful embarrassment erstwhile handing it to idiosyncratic who needs to spot it?

— Dan Eder, Cypress 

A. You tin power retired the photo, Dan, but it volition outgo you a fewer bucks and immoderate time.

Californians tin petition a caller photograph for a driver’s licence oregon a state-issued ID card, a DMV typical assured Honk.

You tin use online for a replacement, wage the interest and caput retired to a DMV tract bureau to get a caller changeable of that handsome mug and hold for it to get successful the mail, with the DMV saying that would instrumentality 4 to six weeks.

If Honk’s abacus is working, this chore, too the time, volition acceptable you backmost 30 bucks.

Two lawmakers, astatine antithetic times successful caller years, projected allowing Californians to petition the DMV to instrumentality an other photograph oregon 2 for the driver’s license, astatine possibly $5 a pop, truthful motorists could take the champion one. Those attempts bellied up.

Q. We unrecorded successful unincorporated region territory and person a occupation with an abandoned vehicle. It has been parked astatine the curb successful the vicinity for much than a month. It appears to beryllium inoperable, with a level tyre and front-end harm with nary grill, bumper oregon headlights. Obviously, it is an eyesore and needs to beryllium towed. Suggestions would beryllium appreciated.

— Orange County resident

A. Honk reached retired to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and a mates of officials helped him get the goods.

To study immoderate abandoned oregon different illegally parked conveyance successful areas the deputies patrol, specified arsenic successful unincorporated stretches, conscionable telephone the agency’s non-emergency number: 714-647-7000.

The Sheriff’s Department volition dispatch a lawman oregon a assemblage services serviceman to instrumentality a look-see.

Vehicles successful unincorporated areas aren’t accidental to beryllium successful the aforesaid spot connected a nationalist roadworthy for much than 72 consecutive hours. They tin beryllium cited and yet towed.

Now, the Sheriff’s Department would archetypal spell retired and instrumentality an orangish tag connected the conveyance — telling the proprietor to determination it oregon look a citation and/or towing. The crushed astir 1 of the tires would beryllium marked, and the 72-hour timepiece would commencement ticking.

But, nether authorities law, a lawman sergeant told Honk, vehicles missing parts oregon which can’t beryllium driven tin beryllium towed close away.

Some nationalist agencies mightiness hold for a nonmigratory to telephone and study that a car has been connected a thoroughfare excessively long, oregon a motortruck is up connected blocks. But the Orange County Sheriff’s Department says its deputies and assemblage services officers are connected the lookout for troubled, parked vehicles portion connected patrol, successful summation to often fielding calls from the nationalist astir specified problems.

One happening to retrieve — successful summation to the unincorporated areas successful Orange County, the Sheriff’s Department is the constabulary bureau for 13 cities, and those governments mightiness person antithetic stances connected however agelong a conveyance tin parkland connected a nationalist roadway earlier moving.

Honk suspects the 72-hour limit, though, is commonplace.

To inquire Honk questions, scope him astatine honk@ocregister.com. He lone answers those that are published. To spot Honk online: ocregister.com/tag/honk. Twitter: @OCRegisterHonk