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Drive license
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:42:04 +0200, Xavier wrote:
Hi friends! I would like to know if my Spanish drive license is valid in the U.S or should I ask for an international drive license? I've been told that any European Union drive license is valid in the U.S but I would like to know for sure. Your driver's license should be valid as long as you're in the US as a tourist. Depending on where you'll be in the US, it's likely that your Spanish license will be understood. It would still be a good idea to get an International Driver's License, which is a translation of your Spanish license. Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. === Stephen Dailey Shoreline, Washington USA |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:42:04 +0200, Xavier wrote:
Hi friends! I would like to know if my Spanish drive license is valid in the U.S or should I ask for an international drive license? I've been told that any European Union drive license is valid in the U.S but I would like to know for sure. Your driver's license should be valid as long as you're in the US as a tourist. Depending on where you'll be in the US, it's likely that your Spanish license will be understood. It would still be a good idea to get an International Driver's License, which is a translation of your Spanish license. Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. === Stephen Dailey Shoreline, Washington USA |
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Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. Thanks for the info. I got the International Driving License to be sure that there will be no problem. About your question, the answer is that in 2005 or 2006 (I don't remember which one) all the EU driving licenses will be unified. If you have seen a EU driving license, its quite big. It's a sort of 3-page pamphlet that folds to fit in a wallet. The plans are to reduce it to a credit-card size license with a magnetic bar. About the languages (you know that's always a 'problem' in Europe) each country will have the license in it's own language, but at least since all the licenses will be equal, you'll have no problem in locating the data you're looking for. No country would resign to use it's own language (that's natural) and use another's country language. === Stephen Dailey Shoreline, Washington USA |
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:52:20 -0700, "Stephen Dailey"
wrote: Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. The EU has a new standard driver's license, but it doesn't have multiple languages. Instead it uses a numbering scheme. For example, my Italian license has on the left a EU flag with an I for Italy in the center, my photo, and a band with the colors of the Italian flag. To the right is "patente di guida" (driver's license) and "Repubblica Italiana", which are the only language specific things on the front. Below these is a numbered list which contains the following information: 1. surname 2. given name 3. birthdate and birthplace 4. date of issue of license 5. date of expiry 7. (I think it's my signature) 8. address On the back, there is a grid with graphics, numbers and letters, which indicate what sort of vehicles I'm allowed to drive. People who have the older-style license keep it until the next time they need to replace it, which is not very often in Italy, as they just put new stamps in the old booklet form license. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:52:20 -0700, "Stephen Dailey"
wrote: Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. The EU has a new standard driver's license, but it doesn't have multiple languages. Instead it uses a numbering scheme. For example, my Italian license has on the left a EU flag with an I for Italy in the center, my photo, and a band with the colors of the Italian flag. To the right is "patente di guida" (driver's license) and "Repubblica Italiana", which are the only language specific things on the front. Below these is a numbered list which contains the following information: 1. surname 2. given name 3. birthdate and birthplace 4. date of issue of license 5. date of expiry 7. (I think it's my signature) 8. address On the back, there is a grid with graphics, numbers and letters, which indicate what sort of vehicles I'm allowed to drive. People who have the older-style license keep it until the next time they need to replace it, which is not very often in Italy, as they just put new stamps in the old booklet form license. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:30:33 +0200, "Xavier"
wrote: Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. If you have seen a EU driving license, its quite big. It's a sort of 3-page pamphlet that folds to fit in a wallet. I've never seen this type of license in Italy. The plans are to reduce it to a credit-card size license with a magnetic bar. My license, which was issued in 1999 in Italy, is credit-card sized, but doesn't have a magnetic strip. I described it in detail in another posting in the this thread. I assume you live in Spain. Maybe in some transitional period, before the introduction of the magnetic strip, the licenses may be of different formats as long as they have the same information at each numbered item. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:30:33 +0200, "Xavier"
wrote: Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. If you have seen a EU driving license, its quite big. It's a sort of 3-page pamphlet that folds to fit in a wallet. I've never seen this type of license in Italy. The plans are to reduce it to a credit-card size license with a magnetic bar. My license, which was issued in 1999 in Italy, is credit-card sized, but doesn't have a magnetic strip. I described it in detail in another posting in the this thread. I assume you live in Spain. Maybe in some transitional period, before the introduction of the magnetic strip, the licenses may be of different formats as long as they have the same information at each numbered item. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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"B Vaughan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:30:33 +0200, "Xavier" wrote: Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. If you have seen a EU driving license, its quite big. It's a sort of 3-page pamphlet that folds to fit in a wallet. I've never seen this type of license in Italy. The plans are to reduce it to a credit-card size license with a magnetic bar. My license, which was issued in 1999 in Italy, is credit-card sized, but doesn't have a magnetic strip. I described it in detail in another posting in the this thread. I assume you live in Spain. Maybe in some transitional period, before the introduction of the magnetic strip, the licenses may be of different formats as long as they have the same information at each numbered item. The UK paper driving license is as described, these are being replaced by credit card type licenses with a photo but as the old licenses are valid until the holder reaches 70 this may take a while Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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"B Vaughan" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:30:33 +0200, "Xavier" wrote: Sort of on-topic: Are EU countries standardizing their driver's licenses, with multiple languages? Just curious. If you have seen a EU driving license, its quite big. It's a sort of 3-page pamphlet that folds to fit in a wallet. I've never seen this type of license in Italy. The plans are to reduce it to a credit-card size license with a magnetic bar. My license, which was issued in 1999 in Italy, is credit-card sized, but doesn't have a magnetic strip. I described it in detail in another posting in the this thread. I assume you live in Spain. Maybe in some transitional period, before the introduction of the magnetic strip, the licenses may be of different formats as long as they have the same information at each numbered item. The UK paper driving license is as described, these are being replaced by credit card type licenses with a photo but as the old licenses are valid until the holder reaches 70 this may take a while Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:26:55 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote: "B Vaughan" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:30:33 +0200, "Xavier" wrote: If you have seen a EU driving license, its quite big. It's a sort of 3-page pamphlet that folds to fit in a wallet. I've never seen this type of license in Italy. The plans are to reduce it to a credit-card size license with a magnetic bar. My license, which was issued in 1999 in Italy, is credit-card sized, but doesn't have a magnetic strip. I described it in detail in another posting in the this thread. The UK paper driving license is as described, these are being replaced by credit card type licenses with a photo but as the old licenses are valid until the holder reaches 70 this may take a while Note that Xavier described an EU license as being a booklet. My husband has an older model Italian license which is a booklet, but it makes no pretence at being an EU model. In 1999 (I think) all licenses issued in Italy were reduced to credit-card size, and have the standard EU form but without the magnetic strip. I imagine the magnetic strip will be a later development. My license was one of the earlier batches, and it is a bit defective. There was supposed to be a strip where you could put your signature, but it doesn't have the flat finish that such strips should have, with the result that the writing rubbed right off. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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