Visits to a Department of Public Safety exam building in South Oklahoma City proved fruitless Tuesday for many customers seeking to obtain or renew licenses. [Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman]

The system that allows Oklahomans to get or renew their driver's licenses and state ID cards has been down for two days, frustrating customers and tag agents, alike.

“It is what it is. Messing with the Department of Public Safety,” said Robert Riley, a 47-year-old driver for an oil and gas company.

Riley said he had just made a 160-mile trip for nothing in an effort to obtain a health card he needed to maintain his commercial driver's license and was disappointed when told it would be “another couple of days.”

Riley said the system failure was not just impacting his license, but his company — effectively putting their jobs on hold because permits could not be obtained.