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Originally Posted by La Mariposa
Well well. The international driver license or permit is only a traduction of your driver license. Try to obtain an international driver license if , lets say, your Florida driver license is suspended. The int. driver license does not give you more right than your regular driver license does. Somes countries won't let you drive without it (the international) others like the D.R. yes (see the D.R. law).
Ask the U.S. Consulate which D.R. law says that you can drive in the D.R. for more than 90 days with an international driver license.
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Yes La Mariposa, it is true that you must have a valid license in your home Country in order for your International Permit to be valid. But doesn't that follow logic anyway?
The US Consulate will probably cite that the Dominican Republic, and most other nations were party to the
The Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of 1949 .
I have used this International Permit to drive in more countries than I can count on my digits. I never had a problem and it was always honored.
As Robert suggested in a previos post on this thread, insurance companies may see wiggle room here and assert cause not to indemnify a driver not carrying a DR License. Its a good point, but at the end of the day, they are on the hook.