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International Driving Permits and ****** | RAC Drive

I'm going to be in France on B-day so what do I do about my licence if I require an International Driving Permit that's only available in the UK from 1st February?
 
I love the word " MAY ".
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We MAY all be dragged from our British registered motors, after B. Day.. ( Or Bidet ,as the French will call it.)
We MAY be forced to eat tripe, garlic, snails ,frog legs with sauerkraut, before being beaten with stale baguettes and have bread sticks stuffed up every bodily orifice..

I'm an old man, life holds no terrors for me.
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Until I read an official notice,with the word MUST and WILL , only in it, I'll ignore all warning messages that come attached to hints to buy insurance.
 
POI Admin said:
Came upon this information today ...

International Driving Permits and ****** | RAC Drive

I'm going to be in France on B-day so what do I do about my licence if I require an International Driving Permit that's only available in the UK from 1st February?
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I shouldnt worry. If we leave without a deal you will likely never get to the ferry port anyway. Probably best to stay where you are to avoid the Mad Max Dystopian landscape back home that David Davis talked about when nobody had even considered it. :(
 
It is not a political thread.

I posted the information to inform rather than to trigger debate.
 
POI Admin said:
It is not a political thread.

I posted the information to inform rather than to trigger debate.
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Thanks, Chris. I've been informed that the RAC would use any subterfuge to nudge us into buying insurance from them.
I'm informed, and tiptoeing out before the playground fighting begins
 
POI Admin said:
I'm going to be in France on B-day so what do I do about my licence if I require an International Driving Permit that's only available in the UK from 1st February?
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You can get an IDP now, just visit a relevant Post Office, at the moment not all can issue them or apply via the RAC. IDP's are already required in many countries outside of the EU. If there is no deal covering these then in theory on day one you could be stopped in Europe and potentially get an on the spot fine. If it were me I would be tempted to spend the £5.50, a week or two before you go and get an IDP.
 
According to the RAC it is not possible to obtain the relevant IDP in the UK at present. Presumably since there is no requirement.

The IDP required by the majority of EU countries is not issued by the Post Office or the RAC ...
 
I am going to get a irish passport and maybe buy a house over border,if i do you can use my address,forgot to say i collect fivers for a hobby.:wave:
 
I may be in France on B day - do I care? Not a jot! I'll make sure the van is well stocked and just sit the whole fiasco out ...
 
I find it strange that we did not need these before to drive through non EC countries in europe but now we are going to be a non EC country we will need one to travel in europe. It's like those french emission zone discs we were all encouraged to buy before we traveled to France, strangely I did not see a single french van with one in it's windscreen.:rolleyes2:
 
Apparently there are some reciprocal arrangements in place for non-EU countries.

Alternatively people just drove in ignorance ...
 
Look here: International Driving Permit | Post Office

The 1929/1949/1968 refers to the year, in which conventions were agreed, they have been around for a long time. Different countries signed up or updated conventions as time progressed. Basically an IDP is a translation of your licence so that the police etc abroad can see what you can drive in a format they understand.

The RAC currently issue them, as IDP's are only from selected Post Offices but in February they will be available in all, so I guess the RAC has decided that as most people will be local to a Post Office they can get one from they will issue a lot less and it will no longer be cost effective.
 
Weston said:
Look here: International Driving Permit | Post Office

The 1929/1949/1968 refers to the year, in which conventions were agreed, they have been around for a long time. Different countries signed up or updated conventions as time progressed. Basically an IDP is a translation of your licence so that the police etc abroad can see what you can drive in a format they understand.

The RAC currently issue them, as IDP's are only from selected Post Offices but in February they will be available in all, so I guess the RAC has decided that as most people will be local to a Post Office they can get one from they will issue a lot less and it will no longer be cost effective.
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The Gov is stopping the AA and RAC issuing IDPs. The 1968 IDP is not available from the PO at this time to the best of my knowledge only the 1929 and 1948. If you look at the forms there is no place to apply for the 1968.
 
Fazerloz said:
The Gov is stopping the AA and RAC issuing IDPs. The 1968 IDP is not available from the PO at this time to the best of my knowledge only the 1929 and 1948. If you look at the forms there is no place to apply for the 1968.
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This is correct and is the problem I referred to earlier.

The 1968 IDP will only be available from 1st February at Post Offices.
 
Idp

Got one from the post office three years ago to cover hire car in USA. Simple enough and even (just) managed to use it as photo ID on a flight to Ireland when my passport was being renewed and I still only had a paper driving licence. Only just worked though.....
 
I have needed a few IDP's over the years. Easy to obtain but rarely checked.

I have also needed to exchange Currency as I passed through various European Countries and show my Passport at each countries Border. It was hell ... pure Hell .... at least some people imagine it will be soon. :lol-049:
 
I have had to show passport anyway while we were in ha ha. Weird how they could see what I looked like with a full face helmet on but they certainly looked like they could. Do they not still do passport checks on ferries? Uk never opted in for the bit that meant we didn’t need a passport di we so no change there then :)

Funnily enough I seem to recall I always had to get a green card that served to translate everything into different languages and I always got mine from my insurance company. No change there then either

I shall be across the Chanel on B day or whatever you call it and won’t be worrying too much, we managed to get a lot of Brits off the beaches once before when things turned bad and I am sure we can do it again.
 
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I was just wondering, how many of us here have actually had an International Driving Permit? I had one years ago when I went to Turkey And also in my early trucking days. It was never checked!
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It was the norm in my earlier years to have to carry an IDP and a green card (which some insurance company's charged for and others didn't), but like having to carry vehicle documents, and CMR's for commercial goods, no one ever asks for them even if you are stopped. A bit like spare spectacles, bulbs and fire extinguishers.
 
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