Problems With Car Hire Abroad

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32481382

I wasn't aware of this.....was anybody else on here know ?

[Buenchico]

Parallel thread:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Question1416084.html
(See the video for an explanation)

[New Judge]

Yes I was Mikey.

It's been "trailed" over the past few months in the press but I would dispute the claim by the DVLA that it has been "widely publicised".

[mikey4444]

Ah...somebody got in just before me !

I think you are correct NJ....I wasn't aware of this new rule before today.
I can't go abroad anymore, so perhaps it wasn't on my radar.

[mikey4444]

The BBC link says that the DVLC recommends people destroy their paper counterpart licence !

Curiouser and curiouser. I thought that we needed these when we have to produce our licence, after being stopped by the Police.....when did that change ?

[237SJ]

Last couple of times I have hired a car (in Barbados and Cyprus) they didn`t want to see the paper part anyway. I didn`t even have it with me.

[Hymie]

In all the years since I obtained my photo ID driving licence, I have never been asked to produce the paper counter-part by a car hire company, either in the UK or abroad.

So why, having scrapped them, would hire companies suddenly start seeking out information otherwise contained therein?

[mikey4444]

Its a mystery to me Hymie !

[TWR]

I've never had an Issue regards my Licence abroad, I pre book from the UK, but there is one thing I would like to advise if I may, before you even start the car up, check oil / water / fuel / the Car you hire, make sure there's no Dents / Marks / Cracked Glass / Tyre Damage / Internal Tear's in seat etc & make it known to the hirer otherwise you will pay the price.

[mikey4444]

Found this on the 'net :::::

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/driving-licence-changes

Makes interesting reading !

[jno]

as TWR says - when I hire a car abroad I always photograph any scratches or dents. Nobody here or elsewhere has ever asked to see my paper licence.

[zebo]

I've hired cars in many countries, the only time I was asked for it was hiring a van in Edinburgh and they rang the DVLA to check when I didn't have it. As we seem to be the only country to have this doc, how do they check the driving record of other nationalities?