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An IDP isn't a driving licence; it's an internationally-agreed and -recognised document that asserts that 'this other document I have is a driving licence.' I t
by cjs_ac 1y ago
An IDP isn't a driving licence; it's an internationally-agreed and -recognised document that asserts that 'this other document I have is a driving licence.' I think the main value of an IDP is that it avoids this sort of situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQBc3eFUlU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQBc3eFUlU
- closewith 1y agoAlthough it wouldn't have helped in that situation, as the Polish don't need IDPs in Ireland.
- lmm 1y agoThe point is that if the Polish did need IDPs in Ireland then it would. Very few things help when you don't use them.
- closewith 1y agoI don't think it would, because this happened because of the old format paper Irish driver's licenses which had the driver's name in the top left hand corner, where prawo jazdy was written on the polish plastic cards. But anyway, IDPs will never be required in the EU.