Belgium trip 20/07/18

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Did you see that, after Brexit, we will need an International Driving Permit to drive in Europe! Currently, these cost £5.50 for 12 months and can only be issued at selected Post Offices. It's calculated that the number will rise from 100,000 to 7,000,000 per annum!

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Re: Belgium trip 20/07/18

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I have to get a IDP every year for our Goa trip, one post office in city centre manchester issues them. Its a pain in the arse, and takes half a day to get there and back on the Met. Worth it though Ive been asked for it several times, police are disappointed when you show it, as a fine would go straight in their back pocket.
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I've never needed one in South Africa or the Maldives. Mind you, we didn't need insurance or helmets in the Maldives.

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Then we do like for like, see if the barstuards like it back at them..For every inconvenience they chuck at us..do as they have done with Trump..
like for like///strip every single truck coming in from the tunnel or ports..stick it to um. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Great idea, our economy is going down the pan anyway, so discouraging foreign tourists won't make any difference. Chances are, most EU countries will say a photo driving licence is fine. It will be our bureauprats who will say it's needed.

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Re: Belgium trip 20/07/18

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Meldrew wrote:I'd quite forgotten about International Driving Permits, I last bought one in the Eighties from an AA office, and I can't remember now if it was required for all European countries or just specific countries like Spain. Of course back then you were showing your passport at every autobahn border crossing before that Schengen Agreement done away with them.

Of course now with Brexit, it's just those unelected bureaucratic twats in Brussels being spiteful.
It's nothing to do with Brussels. People want to leave the club but keep all the membership benefits for free.
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We're getting back into politics. :)

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Nom, nom, nom.

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Hope you all have an enjoyable trip and looking forward to seeing the pictures.
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road runner wrote:Hope you all have an enjoyable trip and looking forward to seeing the pictures.
+1 quite fancied joining in for the vacant space but already commited to other ventures

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