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My fiancee has a Russian drivers license, and an international license. Can
she use one of them in the States while we get for Christmas Decorations?
I live in Ohio but will pick her up at JFK, at which time we are going on a
road trip and I wanted to let her do some of the driving. |
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-You may want to check with your insurance company and see if your coverage
is valid with her driving given the conditions you stated. (Assuming it is
even legal to use Russian/International driving licensees in the states you
will be driving in.) -An international driver's permit is basically a translation of the
foreign license. It's not a stand-alone document, but useful to carry
should you come across a policeman who can't read Russian. When she arrives in Ohio, she has 30 days to get an Ohio license. It's a
two-part test - first the written portion which she can do walk-in to
the test centre. When she passes this test, she will schedule the road
test for a few days later. If she fails the written test, she can take
it again at least 24 hours later; if she fails the driving test, she'll
have to wait a week to repeat it. The road test is basically a
turn-into-the-correct-lane and stop-sign test. She can get a heads-up on the written portion by studying for it online (or you can get a manual for her from your local DMV testing centre),
and then take the test within a few days of arriving - there's nothing
to be gained by putting this off. -When I was in Moscow a few years back, it was not the Mafia or criminals
that worried me, but the car drivers. Traffic lights really meant
nothing to them. I think they mistook them as Christmas decorations that
had not yet been taken down. |
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