EU Driving License

Dr_Crypto

I had to get an IDP for a trip to the Far East. Finding a PO that would do one was a pain as well as having to go at the time the person who could them was in! 

Jumblebumble

mobileron said:

Its amazing how we use to manage before we joined the EU,we went to France for Holidays,we drove to Spain. We got international driving licences.  They still want our money.

It is amazing the I can hire a car in the USA with nothing more than my UK license

AdrianC

Jumblebumble said:

mobileron said:

Its amazing how we use to manage before we joined the EU,we went to France for Holidays,we drove to Spain. We got international driving licences.  They still want our money.

It is amazing the I can hire a car in the USA with nothing more than my UK license

Yes, it is - since your UK licence isn't sufficient alone... The US never signed the 1968 Geneva Conventions on Road Traffic, so you do need a 1949 IDP. The only time this is likely to be an issue is if you need to produce it following a collision or police stop...

https://www.gov.uk/driving-abroad/international-driving-permit

1949 Convention - https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetailsV.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XI-B-1&chapter=11
1968 Convention - https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetailsIII.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XI-B-19&chapter=11

The UK signed 1968, but never ratified it.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-haulage-and-driving-in-the-eu-post-brexit/ratifying-the-1968-vienna-convention

Mercdriver

AdrianC said:

Jumblebumble said:

mobileron said:

Its amazing how we use to manage before we joined the EU,we went to France for Holidays,we drove to Spain. We got international driving licences.  They still want our money.

It is amazing the I can hire a car in the USA with nothing more than my UK license

Yes, it is - since your UK licence isn't sufficient alone... The US never signed the 1968 Geneva Conventions on Road Traffic, so you do need a 1949 IDP. The only time this is likely to be an issue is if you need to produce it following a collision or police stop...

https://www.gov.uk/driving-abroad/international-driving-permit

1949 Convention - https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetailsV.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XI-B-1&chapter=11
1968 Convention - https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetailsIII.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XI-B-19&chapter=11

The UK signed 1968, but never ratified it.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-haulage-and-driving-in-the-eu-post-brexit/ratifying-the-1968-vienna-convention

My wife hired a car from Avis in 2010 with just her licence and nothing more.  I did the same last year (twice) in LA

VideCuiFidas

Thanks for all the answers.
The license was issued in Poland.
I'll drive in the UK Scotland/England.

Kind Regards