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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 ■

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;

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(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.

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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.

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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.

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There is a European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Traffic (1968), which was concluded in Geneva, on 1971-05-01.

Class Description

A Motor cycles

BMotor 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.

CMotor vehicles used for the carriage of goods and whose permissible maximum weight exceeds 3.500 kg (7.700 lb).

DMotor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat.

ECombinations 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.

Licence classes according to the 1968 convention[1]

Convention 1949

The Geneva Convention on Road Traffic is accepted in a majority of the nations; major non-signatory 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]



Class Description

A Motor vehicles of which the laden weight does not exceed 3,500 kg.

B Motor vehicles of which the laden weight exceeds 3,500 kg.

C 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 *, **

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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)

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Honduras * ■Hong Kong ■Hungary ■Iceland ■India ■Indonesia * ■

Oman * ■Pakistan * ■Panama * ■Papua New Guinea ■Paraguay ■Peru ■Philippines ■Poland ■Portugal ■Puerto Rico ■Qatar * ■Réunion ■Romania ■Russian Federation ■Rwanda ■Saint Kitts and Nevis * ■Saint Lucia ■Saint Martin (French part) ■Saint Pierre and Miquelon ■



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

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Costa Rica * ■Côte 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

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Gabon * ■The Gambia ■Georgia ■Germany * ■Ghana ■Gibraltar ■

Iran, Islamic Republic of *

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Ireland ■Isle of Man ■Israel ■Italy * ■Jamaica ■Japan ■Jersey ■Jordan ■Kazakhstan * ■Kenya * ■Korea, Republic of ■Kuwait * ■Kyrgyzstan ■Lao People's Democratic Republic

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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

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Samoa ■San Marino ■São Tomé and Príncipe ■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

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Thailand ■Togo ■Trinidad and Tobago ■Tunisia ■Turkey ■Turkmenistan * ■Uganda ■Ukraine * ■United Arab Emirates * ■United Kingdom ■United States ■United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Uzbekistan * ■Venezuela ■Viet Nam * ■Virgin Islands, British ■Virgin Islands, U.S. ■Western Sahara ■Yemen * ■Zambia ■Zimbabwe ■



* 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

^ Appendix 8c of the German Driving Licence Ordinance1.^ Appendix 8b of the German Driving Licence Ordinance2.^ International Driving Permit. Heathrow, Florida: The American Automobile Association. 2006

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^ "Road Safety Overseas". United States Department of State. http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/safety/safety_1179.html#permits. Retrieved 2008-05-11.

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^ "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 2008-05-11.

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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

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FTC vs William Scott Dion, et al. Legal action against PT Resource Center for selling bogus IDP's and related identification documents

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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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