I imagine that she just renewed her license and didn't mention that she's not actually driving a car. Our licenses are good for, I think 10 years? Unless you are under 21 or have a name/address change, you usually can just renew online, pay the fee and they reissue you a new license with your old picture on it. We moved here in 2007, I got my license in the Tax Collector Office (DMV) then. I renewed online after so many years and they sent me an updated license with the same photo in the mail. But when I moved, I had to go into their office with my proof of residence and all that stuff.
I cannot imagine someone with a child not driving and not having public transportation readily available, like living in NYC or someplace like that. Tim was all the way in California at one point and she was home with J$, if there was an emergency, would she have put her big girl pants on and driven? When Tim was at this Hollywood Studios thing, if something were to happen, what would she do? I'm a worst case scenario kind of gal.