Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:18:26 -0700 From: r.destephens@WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Richard DeStephens) Subject: Re: Is Carlos Alvarez lying about his International Drivers License? To: AZRKBA@asu.edu
Carlos does not have a US-based drivers license. His primary is based out of a foreign country, like Beleze or Tortugo El Dabongo.
Joe Waldron wrote:
> Injternational (or Inter-American) Drivers Licenses are nothing
> more than officially-recognized translations of your valid U.S.
> (in our case) drivers license. They are not a license by
> themselves. The treaties that cover them clearly state (as do
> most of the IDLs/IADLs themselves) that they are nothing more
> than a ranslation, and must be carried in conjunction with your
> "real" drivers license.
>
> It's nothing more than a translation of critical data (name, DOB,
> address, etc) to make the non-English-speaking traffic officer's
> job easier when he's issuing a citation...
>
> Joe W
> (who has used them all over Europe, the Middle East, Africa &
> parts of Asia)