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02-14-2013 08:48 AM #1
Florida Now Requires Canadians to Have an Internation Driver's License
Since some of you may soon drive or rent a vehicle in Florida, you might want to take note that as of January 1, 2013, Canadians driving in, and renting a car in, Florida require an International Driver's License. The state legislature wanted to make it easier for police officers to read foreign language licenses. The dunces forgot that English is the predominant language in Canada. They also forgot that Canadians inject billions into the state's economy annually. Talk about an ill-conceived law. The state is now scrambling to amend the legislation, but that will take time. In the meantime, if you are driving without an IDL, then you are driving without a license. Even an officer might ignore the technical violation, I don't know what your insurer might do if you had an accident.
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02-14-2013 09:48 AM #2
A lot of people who spend their winters in Florida actually go ahead and get a Florida driver's license. You do have to have a residence there, but if you do, I think it is cheaper than an International license, and you get treated like a US citizen by the sometimes unfriendly state troopers.
And if you have a car insurance policy in Canada, and you have full coverage including the endorsement #27, your policy covers a private passenger car that you rent anywhere in Canada or the US the same as it covers your own car, up to (in most cases) $50000.
I haven't heard about this requirement Mike, I bet there are hundreds of thousands of people driving in Florida as we speak with a good old Canadian permit.
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02-14-2013 10:51 AM #3
I think this will change quickly. Tourism is to important to alienate Canadian tourists.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/canadian...mits-1.1156483
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02-14-2013 07:05 PM #4
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We are heading there next month so called my car rental co to inqure. They told me no problem renting with my Canadian license. Also just heard on the news they repealed it
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02-14-2013 07:07 PM #5
It will not be enforced and repealed in the spring for English speaking countries
I got a fever. And the only prescription is more golf equipment.
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02-18-2013 10:01 AM #6
Geneva Convention Trumps Florida State Legislature!
"It has come to the Department’s attention that this requirement may violate the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (1949), an international treaty to which the United States is a signatory. Treaties to which the United States is a party preempt state laws in conflict with them.
Therefore, the Florida Highway Patrol will defer enforcement of violations of the amended statutory section until a final determination of the alignment of the amendment with the treaty can be made. Non-resident visitors to Florida who wish to drive while here will be required to have in their immediate possession a valid driver license issued in his or her name from another state or territory of the U.S. or from their country of residence. However, the FHP will not take enforcement action based solely on the lack of an International Driving Permit." -source: ilstv.com
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02-19-2013 02:10 PM #7
It has been repealed, but you will now be required to wear a Speedo when driving.
Al Gore didn't invent the internet, but he did invent global warming.
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02-19-2013 03:27 PM #8
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