Emilia

wrote in news:[email protected]:

    >
    > "Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> > Still, a driver's licence is not necessarily a proof of residence.
    >> > I
    > did
    >> > rent a car in Germany last summer, specifying an address in the
    >> > EU, *and giving them a Canadian DL."
    >> It's true--my mother has been a permanent resident of Germany for the
    >> last 30 years (owns the house, worked full time, received German
    >> retirement)
    > and
    >> uses a U.S. drivers license.
    >
    > Is that ignorance of the law or is it intentional? Even as an EU
    > citizen, holding a valid EU driver's licence, I would be required to
    > get a new licence if I became a permanent resident in another EU
    > country. In the UK, someone holding an EU licence gets 3 years to
    > change, but a non-EU licence must be replaced with 12 months. I
    > presume these are standard figures across the EU.
    >
    > Colin Bignell

It's 12 months in Switzerland for a DL of any other country. If you wait
longer than than 12 months you retake the test....

Emilia

Mason Barge wrote in
news:[email protected]:

    > On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 05:10:30 -0400, "R J Carpenter"
    > wrote:
    >
    >>"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in message
    >>news:[email protected]...
    >>> As far as insurance rates prorated according to statistics--I find
    >>> it hard to imagine that Americans have their rental cars STOLEN more
    >>> than twice as often as Germans.
    >>Wouldn't a local resident be less likely to park in unprotected public
    >>places, especially overnight?
    >
    > I would think the opposite.


I would think the local would have a better understanding of how risky a
particular area would be.