Car hire, recent full UK license and old international one
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 10:31 pm
I live in the UK for more than one year, and thus my international driver license issued overseas in no more valid here. I also have a new full UK license but it is issued about a month ago only.
Some car hire companies want me to have 1 year of license validity, especially when I hire specific types of vehicles. My plan is
- to show them my international driving license
- if they somehow find out that I am here for more than a year and it is not valid (e.g. my UK ID is more than one year old, or they have the info in their proof-of-address DB) -- then show them my full license
- if the police gets interested in my driving license while I'm driving -- show them my full license
So the questions are:
1) Is it likely to happen that the rent company is clever enough to find out how long I am a resident in the UK?
2) Is it likely my insurance would be void because of me did this trick?
Some car hire companies want me to have 1 year of license validity, especially when I hire specific types of vehicles. My plan is
- to show them my international driving license
- if they somehow find out that I am here for more than a year and it is not valid (e.g. my UK ID is more than one year old, or they have the info in their proof-of-address DB) -- then show them my full license
- if the police gets interested in my driving license while I'm driving -- show them my full license
So the questions are:
1) Is it likely to happen that the rent company is clever enough to find out how long I am a resident in the UK?
2) Is it likely my insurance would be void because of me did this trick?
