In the US they may be pretty useless though. At least one major rental car
company (Hertz I think) doesn't take them. A German colleague of mine with
an International license spent 45 minutes arguing with the agent about that
until the supervisor came out and told him that his German license would do
just fine!
Peter
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Au H. Nguyen [SMTP:aunguyen@cisco.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 11:26 AM
> To: Bay Area Autocross
> Subject: RE: Driver's License
>
> 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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