Update 9:56 a.m. DMV spokesperson Mike Marando says the department is experiencing an "intermittent network computer outage affecting various offices throughout the state." Marando says typically this type of interruption lasts anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple of hours.
He says in the interim, field offices are set up to complete transactions by hand and that customers can still take driving tests. Managers are on site to work with customers who have missed appointments, Marando says.
Update 1:30 p.m. Journalist Kara Swisher finally gave up at the San Francisco DMV:
@KQEDnews they were doing nothing in SF and said they could not except for paper tests (but could not record them)
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) March 16, 2012