Hiring a car in the UK with UAE license

[Psychobert]

I presume there is no problem? I can't find the paper part of my UK license, (think its in a box in storage) but need a car for a couple of days in a few weeks..

[K50 DEL]

would be interested to know this as well as I may need to hire a motor upon my next arrival into LHR and I don't have the paper copy with me.

[Rubymurray]

I've done this several times when back in the uk, no problems whatsoever!

[oilydan]

I have done this every time I have gone back since 2002.

I understand that speeding tickets get charged to your credit card, but they can't put points on a UAE license

[ct84]

Ive just confirmed a booking with avis in the UK for travel in a few weeks and told them I had no paper part of my UK license. They said a UAE one is fine to use

[Psychobert]

Thanks guys.. Now to find a 6L V8 that won't corner so I don't feel too far from home..

[shirt]

never been asked for the paper part of the uk licence when hiring on that, so use either.

dan, do you know anyone who's had their card charged for the fine? i was under the impression that the only way you could get fined was if stopped at the roadside. i got blipped by a gatso doing 98mph in a 70 a couple of years back but got away with it once they found out where i lived.

[TNW]

As above, never had any issues using my UAE licence. I rented from National last time and they also wanted to see my travel tickets in and out of the U.k to prove I was a non-resident, so worth having them handy when you pick up the car.

[oilydan]

shirt said:

dan, do you know anyone who's had their card charged for the fine? i was under the impression that the only way you could get fined was if stopped at the roadside. i got blipped by a gatso doing 98mph in a 70 a couple of years back but got away with it once they found out where i lived.

I have never seen a fine, but it is there in the small print of the rental agreement.

That's the only thing keeping me from breezing through the average speed cameras

[Asterix]

My UK licence ran out ages ago and I've not bothered to renew it.

Is the UAE licence recognised everywhere?

[shirt]

should be. used in the states last month. only place i've had it queried was in finland - prob due to the size of the fines they have! - so had to use my uk one.

i never read the small print so that's why i haven't seen it!

[dxbtiger]

Asterix said:

My UK licence ran out ages ago and I've not bothered to renew it.

Is the UAE licence recognised everywhere?

I used it in Australia

[rabailey]

I also get an international driving license from the RTA or post office.
Makes your UAE license properly legal abroad in case the plod try to get smart.

[TobyLaRohne]

Hi, just used my Qatar license to rent a car in the UK and might have been nailed for no more than 90 in a 70 by a van...I might also have had a parking ticket (away for 10min trying to find a card machine on the beach front that would take a non-uk bank card) so I could pay for the pay and display ticket when I got back to find a warden writing me up...

Unfortunately I lost my bank card this morning that they've got on their records (what are the chances ) so I've had to order a new one.

Will there be any recourse?

[ct84]

You'll be fine now you've 'lost' your bank card I think.

[shirt]

you'll likely end up paying for the parking fine as that will be mentioned in the car hire agreement [and is therefore a contract between you and the hire co.].

for the speeding fine the hire cos. only obligation is to provide the rentors details. it'll be filed in the too hard pile by the police andu'll not hear anymore about it.

[willmcc]

As mentioned above no issue hiring and I am almost certain I got busted by a van at a particularly nasty corner in Devon on the 303 well over the speed limit, have to presume the result was just considered too expensive to bother perusing.

[shirt]

for mine, the prosecuting force sent the NPR to my correspondance address [parents] then called when it was returned unsigned. my dad told them where i live and we heard no more about it.

NB i got clocked in scotland, the unsigned thing is still legal up there. it's the unmarked traffic cars i see everywhere around leeds that worry me!

[Mike Biddle]

Use your UAE licence, I always do.

Parking tickets can be charged directly to your credit card so you won't get away with those.

Most car rental companies will charge you about GBP 50.00 admin charge for providing your details in the event of a speeding offence, again direct to your card so no way to escape that.

Rental companies cannot levy fines, that is a criminal matter. What happens is that the police will get your details and ignore it. This is because you have the right to defend yourself in court, and they have to prove that whatever correspondence they send has actually reached you. It could for instance have been lost in the post. So, if you do not respond to the usual threatening letters, they then have to send two bailiffs to serve a summons personally. Unlikely when you live in Dubai!