 Poster: A snowHead
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@holidayloverxx, That's you no longer driving. Presumably you have a passport... 
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Thu 28-02-19 15:00; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Holidaylover, you take your passport and paper license instead if you don’t have a photo card one.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@swoafs, yes, Ive edited it
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@Gazzza, this is normal with esure who insure my car and not a Brexit issue (if that is what you are inferring). I call them before each trip and they extend my fully comp to cover the countries I am visiting. They charge a admin free + cost of actual insurance for the time abroad and any new second drivers etc - my limit is also 90 days. A green card and updated insurance schedule turns up a few days later. Cost is normally around £30 a trip but I worked out I only get charged one admin fee if I book multiple trips in one phone call. It’s much cheaper for me to do use e-sure than get a premium insurance policy that automatically includes fully comprehensive insurance in ECC countries for 180 days - even if I do 5 driving trips a year.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Oh yes, my underwriters did try to say in order to receive green card I would need to upgrade to fully comp abroad, I had my standard response ready "that's illegal my dear" which was forwarded an no more said about that!
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According to the website I will need one permit for Spain and a different one for France at £5.50 each. The Brexit death for the UK was never going to be instant. Just death by thousands and thousands of small cuts.
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Our insurance company are sending us a Green Card FOC - still trying to get round to getting a photo for the driving permit
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Went to get our IDPs yesterday. Huge fuss from first PO assistant including claiming that I couldn’t get my husband’s because he had to sign it in front of her. Fortunately another assistant was already doing one and beckoned me over to her queue where, 30 mins later, I emerged with 2x IDPs.
Very manual process for the PO; lots of stuff to copy into tiny spaces, no mistakes allowed or you throw away the piece of card and start again, stamp that smudges ink everywhere, yada yada. So allow plenty of time and ideal have more than 10 mins left on your parking meter 
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Here's a question: If Brexit actually happens, will I need an IDP to drive in the UK? I have an Austrian Driving License.
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I feel like I've accidentally wandered into an episode of "Yes, minister".
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Checked last night and found that local Post Offices can now do the IDPs. Just got mine for F, CH, G and I on the way back from the bakers, at 8am. Nice shop assistant opened-up the counter just for me. Yes, allow 10+ minutes for them to transcribe the details and do the stamps etc. Just needed my plastic driving license and a photo (looks like a serial killer photo on Crimewatch but I couldn't be bothered to get a better shot). I took my passport but it wasn't needed. Valid 3 years. The Spanish equivalent is only valid 1 year so I didn't bother with that as I've no plans to go to Spain in the next 12 months. They said that they'd been very busy recently doing IDPs but it had quietened-down in the last week.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Gämsbock, certainly getting a bit like that.
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I tried to get one for Mauritius - but as said above that country is not listed anywhere. The nice PO counter lady tried an internal 'help' line. Guess how much help she got. Must have flustered her 'cos she's crossed my country of birth with DOB. Only noticed this after I'd left the PO. So technically my £5:50 worth for the 1968 version which covers some but by no means all of Europe isn't worth the grotty grey cardboard it's printed on.
Got my renewed (post 70) UK licence without any hassle (done online) + a UAE photocard type one valid to 2021. They'll probably be OK for anywhere I may go soonish.
BTW DVLA stuff online just works - why can't other bits of the Govt. get their IT systems to work? Answer - 'cos they're not usually taking money from you for the 'service'.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Dubaian, I am Mauritian and you don’t need an IDP. Always use my uk license.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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For people reporting they've never needed their IDP bear in mind this is a contingency measure: no one really knows whether a lack of IDP will be an issue after we Leave. Like the Crit'air badge, it just seems worth a minor spend to eliminate a possible problem that's not soluble at the time/place it may be demanded of you. Odds are, it's unnecessary, but for £5.50 it seems worthwhile insurance.
One thing I came across on the AA website was reports that some US car hire places in more obscure locations had demanded an IDP from UK customers. It's never happened to me in 30 years of travelling to the USA, but again, if it avoids hassle at the time, it seems worth the minor expense.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| LaForet wrote: |
| One thing I came across on the AA website was reports that some US car hire places in more obscure locations had demanded an IDP from UK customers. It's never happened to me in 30 years of travelling to the USA, but again, if it avoids hassle at the time, it seems worth the minor expense. |
I seem to recall that a couple of years back the Florida legislature passed a Bill that as part of it required UK drivers to have an IDP. Following objections from the Florida tourist businesses who (rightly) feared a negative impact on the significant numbers of UK tourists visiting Florida the measure was repealed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, I came across the Florida reference and repeal, but there was also mention of US insurance companies trying to use the absence of IDP as an excuse to reject claims. Or at least some ambiguity about cover. This is indirect, so could just be the usual Urban Internet Myth, but again, seems worth having an IDP for the US just in case.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| LaForet wrote: |
| One thing I came across on the AA website was reports that some US car hire places in more obscure locations had demanded an IDP from UK customers. It's never happened to me in 30 years of travelling to the USA, but again, if it avoids hassle at the time, it seems worth the minor expense. |
I seem to recall that a couple of years back the Florida legislature passed a Bill that as part of it required UK drivers to have an IDP. Following objections from the Florida tourist businesses who (rightly) feared a negative impact on the significant numbers of UK tourists visiting Florida the measure was repealed. |
They usually not needed as our Licence is in the same language & US, so it can be read easily.
And IDP is just your licence translated in a variety of languages.
I have driven in about a dozen or so US states & have never needed one (at least never asked for one when renting). I have also crossed the US to Canada Border & Back again. Both borders checked my Licence with no issue.
Since it is in English they can read it.
First trip to america one of our passengers had a panic attack after a reaction to some over the counter painkillers. Ended up with the full emergency services. Police did not ask the driver at the time for anything... they even gave us an escort back to the Highway since we was an area they considered not safe for tourists.
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If it wasn't for this thread I wouldn't even believe they still existed. Waste of time if you have a UK licence. Give the fiver to charity.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I got a note from Admiral about all this the other week. Need to get IDP for us both, but have opted to fly this Easter to try and miss some of the worst of the pro-post worry.
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Following an err incident in Florida where I may have been making too much due progress for the sheriff's liking, the state issued me with a Florida driving license so that they could give me a suspended ban.... So never mind an idp they didn't really recognise my UK licence.
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| Bodeswell wrote: |
| If it wasn't for this thread I wouldn't even believe they still existed. Waste of time if you have a UK licence. Give the fiver to charity. |
You'll be around at the car hire desk then, when the person who takes your advice is asked for one? To sort it all out for them? Or standing by the bolshy Gendarme who says you can't leave after an accident 'till you've produced it?
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@LaForet, Look, I get it that some people are worried about it and that's fine. You don't need to take the advice of a random poster on SH, everyone will do what is right for them.
I've just read here https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/01/spain-moves-to-protect-british-residents-in-case-of-no-deal-brexit
that Spain are passing legislation to sort out these issues (including driving licences). No doubt others will as well and sanity will prevail. As previously mentioned no hire company anywhere I've ever been, whether in the EU or out of it, has asked me for this nonsense piece of paper, so I'm not going to start bothering now on the off-chance of a no deal at the end of the month.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Ozboy, many thanks for the clarification.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Frosty the Snowman, just another minor #BrexitDividend
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Also read this morning that you'll need a Green Card for your trailer/caravan as well
Glad that this reduce red tape thing is working so well
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As said by another person I've never needed an international driving license to drive all over the world (middle East, Asia, Canada, USA, Africa). So I really doubt why after Brexit UK licenses won't be accepted in Europe. There doesn't seem to be any logic or reason to suddenly change that. My Canadian friends have no issues driving around Europe with just their license, so it's not a privilege just given to EU countries.
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You know it makes sense.
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^^ +1. I has no issues driving / renting anywhere in Europe my my Australian License when I first moved to the U.K. around 15 years ago. The purpose of an IDP is to act as a translation tool for licenses written in non-roman characters (from wiki). As far as I can tell - the U.K. photo license already includes all the information contained in a 1968 IDP including validity, ID inc photo, and categories of vehicles (in multiple languages, including pictures) licensed to drive. There is a section for disqualifications which is written in French which I don’t believe is included in the photo license.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@boarder2020, @Ozboy, while I tend to agree with you, it will only take one stop by an over zealous gendarme and bingo large fine. The risk factor of that is probably why many of us drive around with our hi-viz, bulb kit, breathalysers, warning triangle, rescue dogs, signal flares and everything else we "need" for venturing into Europe
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Boris, no longer need breathalysers... do keep up!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Ozboy, never did need em
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Ozboy, Yeah I know, but like a good boy I had them for a while
Along with my Crit'air sticker
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