Driving when arriving in the UK what all is needed.

Just wondering about if a canadian license in any good for a certain amount of time over there or if you just trade it in for a british one. Im pretty sure that I need to retake a test here in canada ...

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Davidfromcalgary
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Joined: 07 Jun 2008
Posts: 14
Location: Calgary, Alberta

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:02 pm

Just wondering about if a canadian license in any good for a certain amount of time over there or if you just trade it in for a british one. Im pretty sure that I need to retake a test here in canada in a standard and get it in writing that I can drive a standard to be able to over there correct? what are all the correct procedures in order?

canadian.shaun
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Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Posts: 9
Location: London, Ontario

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:26 am

Davidfromcalgary wrote: Just wondering about if a canadian license in any good for a certain amount of time over there or if you just trade it in for a british one. Im pretty sure that I need to retake a test here in canada in a standard and get it in writing that I can drive a standard to be able to over there correct? what are all the correct procedures in order?

If you are still in Canada you can go to any CAA store and get an international license for $10 and that covers you for a year at least. Its just a paper booklet with your license info and a description of your equivalent license type should you get pulled over by the police.

Steven
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 1122
Location: Calgary

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:39 am

You can just trade it in for a UK licence, Alberta and the UK have an agreement. The only snag is by default they will give you an "automatic transmissions only" licence, which is a major problem because cars with auto transmissions are unpopular in the UK. However you can get around it if you can provide evidence to them that the licence allows you to drive manual transmissions. Not sure exactly how you do that, you'd have to phone the DVLA and ask them what proof is sufficient.
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