CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Anyone who's been to the DMV recently knows the wait can be long. That's why one state lawmaker has a plan to cut down on the lines.

State Representative Scott Stone sent a letter to the DMV Department of Public Instruction requesting high school driver's education teachers be allowed to administer written tests for learner's permits and road tests for provisional driver's licenses.

Paul Faulkner owns Faulkner's Driving School in Charlotte. This change could allow him to to start implementing tests which is something he says would require a shift for him and for school districts.

"I'm open minded, but it will be interesting to see how it works," he said. "I can survive doing it because I would limit the number of kids I teach, but if you require a school system to do it, wow."

Stone says allowing them to do that would eliminate a step in the licensing process and could save hundreds of thousands of trips to DMV offices, which are already crowded. He says it would also mean students wouldn't have to miss class to go to the DMV.