Driving licenses....

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uh oh!

BBC link

Yes. This is not a surprise. In the UK we currently have European driving licences. The face card has the EU sign and flag on it and it is acceptable in any EU and (I think) EEA country.

This will come to an end. For individual drivers who just want to drive in Europe for a week or two during the family holiday it might not be too much of an issue, but it really is a very major problem for the road haulage industry because lorry drivers need to be able to easily drive through all European countries to collect and deliver trade goods.

Never mind though. I am sure Brexiteers also gave this serious consideration when voting to leave. Sunlit uplands can surely be only just around the corner (not)

Isn't Brexit a brilliant idea (not).

I am a remainder, but I don't necessarily see that if we become a third country that will definitely mean that we need an IDP to drive in the EU. I've driven in plenty of countries outside the EU on my UK licence without the need for additional documentation - only a small proportion actually require an IDP.

And those which did require an IDP were those countries who do not use the Latin alphabet. Not a problem for most of the EU (with the exception of Bulgaria).

There are different rules for short term visitors and tourists and those that are long term residents - usually the cut off point is 12 months. I don't think it will have too much effect on short term holidays and hiring cars although I am old enough to remember having to buy an international driving licence to drive on holiday in France.

It will have an effect on those living or working in the EU. If there is no agreement people may find themselves having to retake their driving tests in the EU.

I'm glad I swapped my UK licence

In Italy you used to be able to drive on a UK licence for a year, but obtain an Italian translation. I think you could get these from the AA.

Driving licence: According to Article 2 of Directive 2006/126/EC10
, driving
licences issued by Member States of the Union are mutually recognised. As of the withdrawal date, a driving licence issued by the United Kingdom will no longer
be recognised by the Member States on the basis of this legislation.

ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/legislation/brexit-notice-to-stakeholders-road-transport.pdf (triggers download)

It's so annoying - the EU has been busy highlighting areas which must receive attention now, and what is our Government doing? Fiddle faddling about arguing with itself instead of getting on with the job. And meanwhile, Leavers on these threads are still whinging about being bullied by the EU and saying that it's all their fault.

Peregrina while I agree, I suspect the issue is that there is SO much vital stuff that still hasn't been agreed by our own government, let alone been delivered to the EU to begin negotiations that they're nowhere near the devil of the detail re Driving Licenses!

How many people will happily go off on their holidays next year, say driving through France to Spain, without checking what the new rules are? It would only take a petty minded official to stop each car with GB plates and haul them over if they don't have a valid licence for that country. Then it will be whine, whine, whine again - we didn't know, it's not fair. But we can read. If I drive abroad, I will make sure that I know the rules.

Great, another reason why it's going to be difficult to get goods into the country. How quickly can all our hauliers get IDLs (if they don't have them already)

I think that the really big issue is that no-one knows what the rules will be so it is impossible to plan ahead. 2 years has now passed since the referendum - but even the Cabinet are not in agreement about what sort of Brexit they want.

It is looking like the UK is just going to crash out with nothing agreed

I suspect the issue is that there is SO much vital stuff that still hasn't been agreed by our own government,

Correction - The issue is that there is so much vital stuff that hasn't even been THOUGHT ABOUT by our own government,