Drive Blog
You drive me crazy.

What documentation do I need to drive in Germany and France?

Tags: Driver License, Germany, Passport

This entry was posted on Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 17:19 and is filed under Drive. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “What documentation do I need to drive in Germany and France?”

1. Sarah Says Says:
   December 11th, 2009 at 23:09

   I’m living here(Germany), and I had to take a driver’s test. I’m not sure about if you’re just visiting though. Talk to someone at the airport or at the rental car place for a temp license

2. Ken Guru Says:
   December 12th, 2009 at 07:29

   A driver from the USA needs either
   - a national driver’s license plus an official (!) german translation, or
   - an international driver’s license

   I got this information from the official “ministry of traffic’s” web site, which is only in german:-,302.1843/Artikel/dokument.htm

   You MIGHT get along with only your national driver’s license because I suppose a lot of police officers don’t care about a missing translation. BUT officially it’s a crime (driving without a valid license) and if you get to the “wrong” officer the fine will be high. As well you might get problems renting a car without meeting all requirements.

   There’s also an english paragraph on the german automobile club’s site:=

3. Ivanov Says:
   January 7th, 2010 at 16:56

   …

   Видел уже где то…

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website