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Driving in the EU with a provisional driving license

  • 14-06-2007 05:28PM
    #1
    Vorak
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    Hoping to buy a camper van with two others for a European excursion this summer. The other two both hold full driving licenses but i'm still on my first provisional.

    Just wondering if anyone knows if/ where i can drive with my provisional in Europe? I've been told that i can't drive anywhere outside the state but i suspect that is the default answer for someone who does not actually know...

    Anyone actually know the story? I'm pretty sure i can drive in Albania for example...


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  • #2
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,490 ✭✭✭✭fits


    you definitely cant drive outside the state with a provisional. Its not a default answer. You can take your chances in Albania if you want to go that far!...

    Is two drivers not enough? I dont think you'll get insurance on a camper with a provisional either, even as a named driver...

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  • #3
    pa990
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    it says on your provisional licence, that it is not valid outside of the state


  • #4
    peasant
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    You could always chance your luck in the hope that the Albanian police officer doesn't read English. If he does, on the other hand, I hear Albanian prisons are not a particularly nice place to be :D


  • #5
    stapeler
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    I remember a friend went to Hertz rental desk in the US and when they questioned his provisional license he told them that Provisional was a region in the South of the country. They accepted his awnswer and gave him the keys.
    I would not recommend driving on a provisional license in Europe mainly because your insurance would probably be null & void.


  • #6
    dollydishmop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭dollydishmop


    Vorak wrote:
    Hoping to buy a camper van with two others for a European excursion this summer. The other two both hold full driving licenses but i'm still on my first provisional.
    ...

    I don't know of ANY insurance company over here that would insure you on a camper with a provisionaly, full stop :confused:

    And if the licence actually states you can't drive outside the state, you're doubly fecked :eek:


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