Well, I said useless because in Europe there is absolutely no point
getting one - the US drivers licenses are recognised there. All the
International one does really is say "this person has a drivers license,
please see it" in about 60 different languages. Its not a document with
any legal standing.
Giles
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Au H. Nguyen wrote:
> Well I don't know about useless. If you have one,
> I'm sure they would honor it. But if you don't, hey
> the world is a pretty small place these days, and
> everybody knows what a CA driver license is,
> especially if they are in an English speaking
> country. I have rented cars and a motorcycle
> in Canada, Germany, the UK, Fiji, Norway, France,
> and Spain with nothing more than my CA DL.
> I've even been stopped by traffic cops in
> Spain with zero problems.
>
> If your friend is there long term s/he should
> probably get an Oz license anyway, and if
> it's short term, I'm sure an USA DL would
> be fine.
>
> The ultimate source would be the AUS consulate
> in SF (415) 362-6160.
>
> Au
>
>
> At 10:50 AM 10/20/00 -0700, Greg Umbay wrote:
> >
> > I recieved an Intl. drivers license from AAA. Cost was $10 and they can
> >shoot a polaroid picture for you.
> >
> >G
> >
> >
> > Giles Douglas <giles@vy.com> wrote:
> >Can't you get those from AAA?
> >
> >They're pretty much useless in a lot of countries though.
> >
> >Giles
> >
> >On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Darren P. Madams wrote:
> >
> >> That reminds me though (completely unrelated), does anyone know where one
> >> goes to get a "International Drivers License"???
> >>
> >> My friend (the one who is selling the CRX and moving to Australia) needs
>to
> >> know...
> >>
> >> --Darren
>
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