Int'l driving permit
 

I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP
really needed anymore? If the police stop me will they hassle me if I
don't have one?

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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On Sat, 06 Jul 2013 03:59:11 +0000, Király wrote:

I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP really
needed anymore? If the police stop me will they hassle me if I don't
have one?

The "international driving permit" is only a validated translation of you
driving permit which remains your actual driving permit.

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""Király"" wrote in message
...
I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP
really needed anymore?

I think that you're going to have to Google this from your home country. I
am only getting UK links which (of course) only answer the question from a
Euro perspective

E.g: Hungary - "All valid UK driving licences should be accepted.
Acceptance of driving licences that are not of the European Communities
model cannot be guaranteed" without actually saying if there are other's
that are guaranted.

Croatia says "Required for car hire", but that may have changed since
joining the EU (last week)

If the police stop me will they hassle me if I
don't have one?

I needed one when I went to Serbia, but neither the car hire company, nor
the nice policeman who insisted that I bought some of his lottery tickets,
wanted to see it

tim

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On 07/06/2013 05:59 AM, Király wrote:
I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP
really needed anymore? If the police stop me will they hassle me if I
don't have one?


An IDP (or IDL) is simply a translation of the driver's license.
Strictly speaking it has no legal value, only your original driver's
license counts.
What might be more important to check, is what third party insurance,
if any, covers you if you drive the vehicle. Vehicle insurance laws vary
from one country to another - in some, the driver is insured, in others,
the vehicle itself is insured for third party liability.

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Am Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:50:37 +0200 schrieb Tom P:

On 07/06/2013 05:59 AM, Király wrote:
I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP
really needed anymore? If the police stop me will they hassle me if I
don't have one?


An IDP (or IDL) is simply a translation of the driver's license.
Strictly speaking it has no legal value, only your original driver's
license counts.

Right, an with a Canadian licence that doesn't make much sense, as the
Canadian licence is already in English, so no need for translation (the IDP
translates into english, french an Russian I think). I would assume that a
Hungarian oder Croatian policeman knows enough english to figure out the
original licence without an IDP.

It's more useful when your original licence is in some exotic language that
is not understood in many countries.

Regards,

Frank

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"Frank Hucklenbroich" wrote in message
.. .
Am Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:50:37 +0200 schrieb Tom P:

On 07/06/2013 05:59 AM, Király wrote:
I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP
really needed anymore? If the police stop me will they hassle me if I
don't have one?


An IDP (or IDL) is simply a translation of the driver's license.
Strictly speaking it has no legal value, only your original driver's
license counts.

Right, an with a Canadian licence that doesn't make much sense, as the
Canadian licence is already in English, so no need for translation (the
IDP
translates into english, french an Russian

Spanish, Italian, Arabic, German, one of the Chinese scripts and Japanese (I
think)

tim

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Am Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:07:58 +0100 schrieb tim.....:

"Frank Hucklenbroich" wrote in message
.. .
Am Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:50:37 +0200 schrieb Tom P:

On 07/06/2013 05:59 AM, Király wrote:
I will be driving my father-in-law's Hungarian-registerd car around
Hungary and Croatia soon. I have a British Columbia (Canada) driver's
license.

I know that IDPs are "accpeted" in those countries but is the IDP
really needed anymore? If the police stop me will they hassle me if I
don't have one?


An IDP (or IDL) is simply a translation of the driver's license.
Strictly speaking it has no legal value, only your original driver's
license counts.

Right, an with a Canadian licence that doesn't make much sense, as the
Canadian licence is already in English, so no need for translation (the
IDP
translates into english, french an Russian

Spanish, Italian, Arabic, German, one of the Chinese scripts and Japanese (I
think)

Okay, but non of these languages is spoken in Hungary of Croatia...so the
original licence in English should be fine.

Regards,

Frank

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tim..... wrote:
(the IDP translates into english, french an Russian)
Spanish, Italian, Arabic, German, one of the Chinese scripts and Japanese (I
think)

Also Swedish and Portuguese.

I know what it is and what it does. I know it's "accepted" in HU and HR.
I just wonder if it's needed in my case. I think I'll get one anyway.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 13:25:02 +0000 (UTC), Király wrote:

tim..... wrote:
(the IDP translates into english, french an Russian)
Spanish, Italian, Arabic, German, one of the Chinese scripts and Japanese (I
think)

Also Swedish and Portuguese.

I know what it is and what it does. I know it's "accepted" in HU and HR.
I just wonder if it's needed in my case. I think I'll get one anyway.

Just make your own, east to do with ONline Translators like Google.
Triple AAA used to charge about $10 twenty years ago, that's last time I
bothered with getting one.

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"Irwell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 13:25:02 +0000 (UTC), Király wrote:

tim..... wrote:
(the IDP translates into english, french an Russian)
Spanish, Italian, Arabic, German, one of the Chinese scripts and
Japanese (I
think)

Also Swedish and Portuguese.

I know what it is and what it does. I know it's "accepted" in HU and HR.
I just wonder if it's needed in my case. I think I'll get one anyway.

Just make your own, east to do with ONline Translators like Google.

if it's not obviously "official" why would the other party accept it?

It could say any old rubbish, couldn't it


tim