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Driving without a licence
Aug 27, 2010
International driving licence rules
Good afternoon to you,i was given your emial to write my complain and i get a response back.....I was pulled over by the police last week for not waiting on the line looking rightbut to be very fair,he hadnt gotten to te junction but never the less,he inpounded my car that day because he claimed i didnt have a valid licence to drive,i tendered my international drivers licence thats valid for 12months and its only about 6months old,says because i have a provisional drivers licence,my international licence becomes invalid once i have applied for a provisional licence but i told him i have found this in the law and before i begun to drive on the road that with an international driver licence,you are allowed to drive on the uk roads for 12months in which in between,you can apply for a provisional and full before thetime perios of 12months if you wish to continue to drive after the 12months expiry of the internationall drivers licence......my car was taken
off me and i got it out now but since then been restricted and use of public transport when i got a car......it has cause me so much inconviniences but decided to take the test in regardless but today decided to call dvlla to ask if i was really wrong and i hadtwo different correspondantss from the office stating to me that i am on the right side of the law and to call the police station to tell them this but though i should get advice fisrt before doing this,can i sue?because he was wrong and he used the law against me wh3en i actually told him what i saw in the law and he proved to me that i was wrong and impounded my car...i have paid the fee and released my car,would my money be refundable now that the police was wrong in taking my car off me saying i had an invalid licence and with my provisional licence,i didnt put an L plate and a full licence holder in the passengers seat...i have found out today that i was right and he was on the wrong side of
the law...i tried to ring them but the person i was suppose to speak to wasnt on sit.do i ring the police station and tell them this?can i be refunded,can i have a case?please advice me on what to do....thanks alot
off me and i got it out now but since then been restricted and use of public transport when i got a car......it has cause me so much inconviniences but decided to take the test in regardless but today decided to call dvlla to ask if i was really wrong and i hadtwo different correspondantss from the office stating to me that i am on the right side of the law and to call the police station to tell them this but though i should get advice fisrt before doing this,can i sue?because he was wrong and he used the law against me wh3en i actually told him what i saw in the law and he proved to me that i was wrong and impounded my car...i have paid the fee and released my car,would my money be refundable now that the police was wrong in taking my car off me saying i had an invalid licence and with my provisional licence,i didnt put an L plate and a full licence holder in the passengers seat...i have found out today that i was right and he was on the wrong side of
the law...i tried to ring them but the person i was suppose to speak to wasnt on sit.do i ring the police station and tell them this?can i be refunded,can i have a case?please advice me on what to do....thanks alot
Category: Driving without a licence
Posted by: patterson
The officer is right that your provision licence takes precedent over your international licence, but if you are within 12 months of entering the UK and becoming resident then you can drive on your provisional without supervision and without l plates.
You need to make a complaint to the IPCC if you want to try to get your money back.
You need to make a complaint to the IPCC if you want to try to get your money back.