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To all drivers:
The new rules you need to understand if you want to hire a car after June 8 2015.
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Re: To all drivers:
I'll wait to see the horror stories in the paper about hiring a car abroad.Most used: EM5i + 12-200mm, In briefcase: E-PM2 + 12-42mmEZ
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At least this is one thing I do not have to worry about, as it is well outside my sphere of expectations.
The last (only) time I had points on my licence was in 1977 when I was clocked doing 43 in a 30 limit. It was a stretch of road I had driven hundreds of times and shamefully I had failed to notice that the limit had recently been reduced from 40, which I was exceeding anyway.
John
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Re: To all drivers:
I'm not too sure what to make of this.
I have never had any difficulty hiring a car abroad; only in the UK where some hire companies insist on seeing the paper counterpart.
I don't have this problem now as a I have a 'frequent flyer' card with Avis; but there was an occasion when a stroppy Europcar rep refused to let me take a pre-booked car because I didn't have the paper counterpart with me, and she wouldn't phone the DVLA line to verify that my licence was valid. The irony was that I had just returned from Holland where I had hired a car from Europcar without any problem. I haven't troubled them with my business since!
So if I have this right, we are supposed to go online to download form showing any penalty points? Surely this would be easy enough to forge or edit?---------------
Naughty Nigel
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Re: To all drivers:
should be interesting as I use hire cars most weeks sometimes 3 times catching plane, trip & returning.Comment
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Re: To all drivers:
This will be an absolute nightmare. Fortunately, the only times I use a hire car is for work and someone else takes care of it but I wonder how that will work.........hmmmmm.Dave
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Re: To all drivers:
Just another so called improvement for a few officials that's likely to make it a pain in the a*** for anyone hiring a car. As I have an old style paper license this is something I just don't need. I'm sure someone got paid handsomely for bringing in this wonderful new system
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Re: To all drivers:
One more nail from Big Brother.Comment
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I don't know what happened to the paper part of my UK license. I use my Ontario license when in the UK or Europe. I only use my UK license for photo ID in North America to make things difficult.Comment
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