State DMV Web Wait Time Estimator

WHAT IT DOES

State DMV Web Wait Time Estimator reads DMV office wait times and appointment availability from DMV pages and displays a floating wait time estimator showing current estimated wait times for nearby offices. The badge shows the wait time in minutes with color coding—green for short (under 15 minutes), yellow for medium (15-45 minutes), and red for long (over 45 minutes). The office name, office hours, and appointment availability are displayed below. The extension tracks wait time history per office, storing each wait time change with a timestamp. When a wait time changes significantly, a desktop notification is triggered. The panel displays your current office wait time, office hours, appointment availability, and wait time history.

WHERE IT RUNS

This extension works on DMV pages at dmv.ca.gov and its subdomains, specifically on office wait time pages and appointment scheduling pages. It runs on the wait time page, the office locator page, the appointment page, and any page displaying office information. The extension operates entirely within your browser and does not access DMV servers directly—it reads only what is visible on the page you are viewing. It works alongside the free BotGentz extension, which provides the necessary scripting environment.

HOW TO USE

Install the extension, then navigate to the DMV website and open the office wait time page. The extension automatically creates a floating wait time estimator badge on the page. Click the extension's icon in your browser toolbar to open the settings panel. Use the "Show Overlay" / "Hide Overlay" button to toggle the badge visibility. The badge shows your wait time, office name, and hours. Use the "Refresh" button to manually update the badge with the latest wait time information. The "Show detailed office info" toggle controls whether office details appear. The "Wait time change notifications" toggle controls desktop notifications when wait times change. Adjust the overlay transparency using the opacity dropdown (70%, 82%, 92%, or 100%). Drag the badge by clicking and holding anywhere inside it. Resize it by dragging the bottom-right corner. Close the badge with the × button.

WAIT TIME EXTRACTION WITH OFFICE TRACKING AND NOTIFICATION

Unlike simple time display tools, this extension uses a multi-selector extraction engine to find office wait times, office names, hours, and appointment availability from the DMV's varying page structures. It searches for office items using multiple selector patterns (.office-item, .dmv-office, .location-item) and falls back to text parsing. Wait times are extracted from wait-time elements using number parsing. Office hours are extracted from hours elements. Appointment availability is detected using appointment elements and keyword matching (available, yes, appointments). Per-office wait time history is stored as a key-value object where keys are office names and values are arrays of wait time records with timestamps, limited to 20 entries per office. Wait time change notifications trigger when wait times change, with a one-hour cooldown.

THE PANEL

The panel supports drag-to-move anywhere on the page. It remembers its position per site, so it stays where you placed it on dmv.ca.gov. Click the panel header to collapse it down to just the minimized bubble, or click the expand handle to show the full panel. The panel can be resized by dragging the bottom-right corner. Press the Escape key to close the expanded panel and return to the minimized state. All panel settings, including position, size, collapsed state, opacity, detailed office info visibility, notification preference, and wait time history, are saved per site and persist across browsing sessions.

PLEASE NOTE

This extension requires the free BotGentz extension to be installed and active, as it provides the underlying DOM injection and script execution environment. DMV websites change periodically, and office element structures, class names, and page layouts may be updated. When that happens, the extension may stop detecting wait time data until an update is released. The extension stores your overlay position, size, opacity, visibility, detailed office preference, notification preference, and wait time history locally in your browser's storage using GM_setValue. Wait time history is stored as a key-value object where keys are office names and values are arrays of wait time records. The wait times displayed are read from the page—the extension does not access DMV internal data. Always verify with the DMV directly for the most accurate wait time information. No data is ever sent to any server, and no personal information is collected. You can clear all stored settings at any time by clearing your browser data for dmv.ca.gov.