Originally Posted by volante

You're both right - they DO exist, and they are normally government issued (normally by whatever department issues normal driving licences), but they are usually worthless unless you have your normal driving licence with you. As NaughtyWhores says, they are just a translation of your regular licence into numerous different languages.

Most US traffic cops don't know this though - I've been stopped on a couple of occasions and, after presenting my British licence, have been told I need an international licence. After telling them what an international licence is they normally check and confirm this...



*.. and in the time it took to type this there have been much better worded replies