The IDP is not valid in Brasil as I discovered at the police station after being hit by a car. Apparently Brasil never ratified it & their annual license fee includes some sort of 3rd party insurance that the IDP doesnt have.
Its only a problem if you get into trouble, every cop that stopped me there was satisfied with a laminated copy of my UK licence ;-)
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Originally Posted by quastdog
I've not had to provide an IDP in CA/SA, but I haven't been to Brazil yet (or a few other countries). I've showed it when asking for my drivers license - so far they've all sort of looked at it and gone "huh?" and where much more happy when I showed them a good copy of my state issued drivers license. However, it just makes sense to spend the few dollars required to get it and carry it.
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