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Are You Planning A Holiday To Florida This Year?
If so then beware as I have just found out that as from 1st January 2013 if you have a drivers licence issued outside of the US then to drive in Florida you also need an International Driving Permit which you can get from some Crown Post Offices
http:// www.pos toffice .co.uk/ interna tional- driving -permit
If you do not have one then you can end up in court if not jail. Scroll down here to R
http:// www.the aa.com/ motorin g_advic e/overs eas/idp -requir ements- by-coun try.htm l
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thanks, wow they kept that quiet, have been having a look around and saw this :-
http:// read.th estar.c om/#!/a rticle/ 511d259 b7b1eac d50f095 c37
So is the next step a law suit againt the Florida State for discrimination???
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So is the next step a law suit againt the Florida State for discrimination???
seems this state law change conflicts with the national government's commitment to an international convention on road traffic dating to 1949. Since national law takes precedence in this case, the requirement for the IDA has (for now) been recognised as being unenforceable, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is recommending that the local law enforcement agencies do not enact enforcement action based solely on the lack of an International Driving Permit. That said, car rental agencies in Florida have already amended their rules to require IDA before rental commences. This is still applicable even if the car was booked up months in advance.
Best thing to do therrefore is contact your tour operator or rental agency for the lastest situation.
Best thing to do therrefore is contact your tour operator or rental agency for the lastest situation.
That link didn't work KJN as I'm using an old fashioned device called a computer! However I did find this
http:// www.myf oxorlan do.com/ story/2 1215118 /2013/0 2/15/fl orida-n ew-driv ers-lic ense-la w-inter nationa l-drive rs-perm it
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