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Old July 18th, 2012, 11:22 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Terry Pinnell[_3_]
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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?

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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Old July 18th, 2012, 11:45 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
tim.....
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"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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Old July 18th, 2012, 07:19 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Stefan Patric[_3_]
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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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Old July 19th, 2012, 03:44 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Mark Brader
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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.
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "You don't SIT IN the traffic jam;
| you ARE the traffic jam." -- Werner Icking
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Old July 19th, 2012, 10:44 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Piero
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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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Old July 20th, 2012, 07:42 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Terry Pinnell[_3_]
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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.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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Old July 21st, 2012, 07:05 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Piero
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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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Old July 22nd, 2012, 01:02 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Neville MADDEN
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Default 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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