Hello everybody!
To introduce ourselves: We are Dutch citizens, Jos (my wife 63 years) and I Luc (68 years of age) and very much interested in RV-ing, both in Europe and in the USA. Maybe even buy a B-class RV (Roadtrek or similar type).
In 1991 we rented a (according to general European ideas) a hughe RV, sleeping 6, with a GVWR of appr. 13000 lbs. Which is far over the maximum allowed weight limits of the standard EU driver?s license of 3500 kilos = appr. 7700 lbs.
Everybody told me that was no problem and actually all RV-rental organizations say it is allowed and I would without doubt rent/buy any RV in the USA again.
However I tried and find out the legal base of this permission but cant find anything about this.
According to IdeaMerge?s website:
Quote:?Which is to say, standard foreign drivers licenses are translated by the laws of the USA such that these licenses basically function in the USA as standard USA drivers licenses. To state this yet another way: In the USA the standard domestic drivers licenses of foreign states are, in connection with foreign tourist, considered equal to a standard USA drivers license? unquote.
Anyone who can explane the legal situation please??
Thanks in advance
Luc Denekamp
The Netherlands
To introduce ourselves: We are Dutch citizens, Jos (my wife 63 years) and I Luc (68 years of age) and very much interested in RV-ing, both in Europe and in the USA. Maybe even buy a B-class RV (Roadtrek or similar type).
In 1991 we rented a (according to general European ideas) a hughe RV, sleeping 6, with a GVWR of appr. 13000 lbs. Which is far over the maximum allowed weight limits of the standard EU driver?s license of 3500 kilos = appr. 7700 lbs.
Everybody told me that was no problem and actually all RV-rental organizations say it is allowed and I would without doubt rent/buy any RV in the USA again.
However I tried and find out the legal base of this permission but cant find anything about this.
According to IdeaMerge?s website:
Quote:?Which is to say, standard foreign drivers licenses are translated by the laws of the USA such that these licenses basically function in the USA as standard USA drivers licenses. To state this yet another way: In the USA the standard domestic drivers licenses of foreign states are, in connection with foreign tourist, considered equal to a standard USA drivers license? unquote.
Anyone who can explane the legal situation please??
Thanks in advance
Luc Denekamp
The Netherlands