All drivers have been required to take the test once their license expires after turning 70, which has been a policy but not a law, according to DMV Director Steve Gordon. “We are eliminating ...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced on Monday that it’s no longer requiring most drivers 70 years or older to take a written knowledge test when renewing their licenses.

the following drivers who meet any of the following records must take the knowledge test: Two or more accidents during the two years immediately preceding the expiration of the license.

30. All drivers had been required to take the knowledge test once their license expired after turning 70, which had been a policy but not a law, DMV Director Steve Gordon said in a press release.