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International Driving Permit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (September 2009) An International Driving Permit (IDP) allows an individual to drive a private motor vehicle in another nation when accompanied by a valid license from their home country. The document is slightly larger than a standard passport and is essentially a multiple language translation of one's own existing driver's license, complete with photograph and vital statistics. It is not a license to operate a motor vehicle on its own.

Contents
1 Driver information 1.1 Convention 1968 1.2 Convention 1949 1.3 Convention 1926 1.4 Validation 2 Countries Recognizing IDP 3 Fraudulent IDP 4 See also 5 References 6 Notes 7 External links

An IDP issued by the Republic of China, now on Taiwan

Driver information
Convention 1968
The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic was not ratified by all signatory parties. Notable cases of countries that refused or delayed ratification include Chile, Republic of Ireland, Republic of China (Taiwan), Israel, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Holy See, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Venezuela. The main regulation about driving licence is in Annexe 6 (domestic driving permit) and 7 (international driving permit). Following article 41: Contracting Parties shall recognize: (a) Any domestic driver's license drawn up in their national language or in one of their national languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language, accompanied by a certified translation; (b) Any domestic driver's license conforming to the provisions of Annex 4 to the Convention; and

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(c) Any international driver's license conforming to the provisions of Annex 7 to the Convention, as valid for driving in their territories a vehicle coming within the categories covered by domestic driver's license, provided that the license is still valid and that it was issued by another Contracting Party or subdivision thereof or by an association duly answered thereto by such other Contracting Party. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to learner-driver permits. 3. Contracting Parties undertake to adopt such measures as may be necessary to ensure that the domestic and international driver's licenses referred to the in subparagraphs 1(a). (b) and (c) of this Article are not issued in their territories without a reasonable guarantee of the drivers aptitude and physical fitness. 5. An international driver's license shall not be issued only to the holder of a domestic driver's license for the issue of which the minimum condition laid down in the Convention has been fulfilled. It shall not be valid after the expiry of the corresponding domestic driver's license. There is a European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Traffic (1968), which was concluded in Geneva, on 1971-05-01. Licence classes according to the 1968 convention[1] Description Motor cycles Motor vehicles, other than those in category A, having a permissible maximum weight not exceeding 3.500 kg (7.700 lb) and not more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat. Motor vehicles used for the carriage of goods and whose permissible maximum weight exceeds 3.500 kg (7.700 lb). Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat. Combinations of vehicles of which the drawing vehicles is in a category or categories for which the driver is licensed (B and/or C and/or D), but which are themselves in that category or categories.

Class A B C D E

Convention 1949
The Geneva Convention on Road Traffic is accepted in a majority of the nations; major nonsignatory countries include Germany, which did not have a government yet at that time. The main regulation about international driving licence is in Annexe 9. Switzerland signed but did not ratify the Convention. There is a European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on road traffic and the 1949 Protocol on road signs and signals, concluded in Geneva, on 1950-09-16.

Convention 1926
The Paris Convention on Motor Traffic is the more obscure IDP Convention; it is only required in the following nations: Iraq, Somalia and Brazil. Both 1949 and 1926 Conventions are authorised for issue to people over the age of 18 holding valid UK driving licences. Licence classes according to the 1926 convention[2]

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Class A B C

Description Motor vehicles of which the laden weight does not exceed 3,500 kg. Motor vehicles of which the laden weight exceeds 3,500 kg. Motor-cycles, with or without side-car.

Validation
According to the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic, an IDP remains valid for one year from the date of issue. However, according to the Vienna Convention, an IDP remains valid for three years from the date of issue, or until the expiration date of national driving permit, whichever is earlier. An IDP is not valid for driving in the country where it was issued.

Countries Recognizing IDP

Following is a list of countries that recognize the International Driving Permit[3]

Party to 1949 Convention Not Party to 1949 Convention; International Driving Permit Honored

List of countries and territories recognizing IDP Afghanistan * Algeria Andorra Angola * Anguilla *, ** Antigua and Barbuda *, ** Argentina Armenia * Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan * Bahamas Bahrain * Bangladesh Barbados ** Belarus * Belgium Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea * Guinea-Bissau * Guyana Haiti Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras * Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia * Oman * Pakistan * Panama * Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar * Runion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis * Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Belize Benin Bhutan * Bolivia * Botswana Brunei Darussalam * Bulgaria Burkina Faso * Cambodia *** Cameroon * Canada Cape Verde * Cayman Islands * Central African Republic Chad * Chile Colombia * Comoros * Republic of the Congo Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Costa Rica * Cte d'Ivoire Croatia * Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti * Dominica *, ** Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador * Equatorial Guinea * Estonia * Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon * The Gambia Georgia Germany * Ghana Gibraltar

Iran, Islamic Republic of * Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy * Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan * Kenya * Korea, Republic of Kuwait * Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia * Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * Liechtenstein * Lithuania * Luxembourg Macao * Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania * Mauritius Mexico * Moldova, Republic of * Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat *, ** Morocco Mozambique * Myanmar * Namibia Nepal * Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua * Niger Norway

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino So Tom and Prncipe Saudi Arabia * Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia * South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan * Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland * Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan * Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan * Uganda Ukraine * United Arab Emirates * United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uzbekistan * Venezuela Viet Nam * Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Western Sahara Yemen * Zambia Zimbabwe

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* Not party to 1949 convention; International Driving Permit honored ** Requires presentation to local police and payment of special registration upon arrival ** IDP must be exchanged for a local driving licence.

Fraudulent IDP
In the United States, the Department of State has authorized two private entities, the American Automobile Association and the American Automobile Touring Alliance's National Automobile Club as the only entities in the United States to issue IDPs. They advise against purchasing IDPs from unauthorized outlets, as these are sometimes fraudulent.[4] The United Nations does not issue International Driving Permits (sometimes called "International Driving Documents" or "International Driver Licenses" by fraudulent outlets). The depiction of the UN emblem or the name "United Nations" is not required nor authorized by either the 1949 or 1968 United Nations Conventions on Road Traffic.[5]

See also
European Driving Licence Inter-American Driving Permit

References
Text of the 1949 Treaty

Notes
1. ^ Appendix 8c of the German Driving Licence Ordinance 2. ^ Appendix 8b of the German Driving Licence Ordinance 3. ^ International Driving Permit. Heathrow, Florida: The American Automobile Association. 2006 4. ^ "Road Safety Overseas". United States Department of State. http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/safety/safety_1179.html#permits. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 5. ^ "Does the UN issue international driver's licenses and international passports?". United Nations. March 2003. http://www.un.org/geninfo/faq/factsheets/FS16.HTM. Retrieved 200805-11.

External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Geneva Convention on Road Traffic IDP Requirements by Country shows 1926 or 1949 IDP status and special requirements to use an IDP in each country FTC vs William Scott Dion, et al. Legal action against PT Resource Center for selling bogus IDP's and related identification documents Countries where the International Driver's Document is currently accepted Washington Post story about a person without an IDP in Spain

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Traffic law and safety

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