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International driving licence?
Before my last trip to the USA I obtained an international driving
licence, thinking I'd need it for car hire. But I don't recall Enterprise asking to see it. For another trip shortly I've hired a car from Avis and read on the confirmation that I need just a 'Non-US Passport and a Non-US Driver's License'. When/where is an international licence needed please? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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International driving licence?
"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message
... Before my last trip to the USA I obtained an international driving licence, thinking I'd need it for car hire. But I don't recall Enterprise asking to see it. For another trip shortly I've hired a car from Avis and read on the confirmation that I need just a 'Non-US Passport and a Non-US Driver's License'. When/where is an international licence needed please? IME you don't need it for the car hire company, only if a policeman wants to check. But as (I assume) a European, you don't need one for the US anyway (see below). Generally the only countries that *you* will need them for are countries that use something other than Latin script as the International License is transliterated into a dozen scripts, or if you don't yet have a EU photo-license as the IDL then supplies the photo. tim |
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:22:17 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
Before my last trip to the USA I obtained an international driving licence, thinking I'd need it for car hire. But I don't recall Enterprise asking to see it. For another trip shortly I've hired a car from Avis and read on the confirmation that I need just a 'Non-US Passport and a Non-US Driver's License'. When/where is an international licence needed please? This link should answer most of your questions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...rivers_License Stef |
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International driving licence?
Terry Pinnell:
Before my last trip to the USA I obtained an international driving licence, thinking I'd need it for car hire. Since the so-called international license is just a translation of your own license into other languages, you were mistaken. But I don't recall Enterprise asking to see it. For another trip shortly I've hired a car from Avis and read on the confirmation that I need just a 'Non-US Passport and a Non-US Driver's License'. When/where is an international licence needed please? In some countries that don't speak English (this being the language on your UK license). I don't know which ones. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam; | you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking |
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International driving licence?
Il 19/07/2012 16:44, Mark Brader ha scritto:
When/where is an international licence needed please? In some countries that don't speak English (this being the language on your UK license). I don't know which ones. Normally only in countries with different alphabet, e.g. Cyrillic, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Greek (but not for EU citizens going in Greece or Cyprus, because they also are EU members...), not language. Ciao, Piero. |
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International driving licence?
Piero wrote:
Il 19/07/2012 16:44, Mark Brader ha scritto: When/where is an international licence needed please? In some countries that don't speak English (this being the language on your UK license). I don't know which ones. Normally only in countries with different alphabet, e.g. Cyrillic, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Greek (but not for EU citizens going in Greece or Cyprus, because they also are EU members...), not language. Ciao, Piero. Thanks all, much appreciated. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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International driving licence?
Il 21/07/2012 10:41, Anonymous ha scritto:
You're confusing the fake international licenses with the official ones. The fake international licenses are merely translations. There are 2 kind of OFFICIAL (not FAKE) International driving License: the model "agreement Geneva 1949" and the model "agreement Wien 1968". Both are only translation of the national driving license, and are INVALID without this one. Some country has subscribed only one of those agreement (E.G. US, Thailand and Japan knows only international licenses of the 1949 agreement). Here in Italy if I ask for an international driving license they give me a 1969 one, so I had to ask repeatedly to have older model (I used it when I was in Thailand for vacation...). No need of international license for me when I was in US (US and Italy have agreement on national licenses). They're somewhat of a scam, because a translation just makes the text readable, it doesn't give any driving privileges. International licenses are valid ONLY if you show together the national one. Ciao, Piero. |
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International driving licence?
Or are you suggesting that US traffic police don't know what UK licenses look like? Indeed. Or that of any other foreign country with a reciprocal driving agreement. Er umm..I had the misfortune to cut off a cop car in Houston Tx while lane changing. They didn't appreciate it and when they pulled me over asked for my licence. Produced a Queensland, Australia one...WTF because of the State Logo on the plastic cover they couldn't understand what was on it. Then the Aussie accent really had them. Their response..."get in your vehicle and get out of our jurisdiction as fast as you can drive" Most of the responses re Internation Licences are correct....a genuine one issued by a recognized automobile association only says in about 15 different languages that you hold a current drivers licence. It has no legal standing what-ever. Neville Queensland Australia |
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