Comments on: Passing the UK DSA Driving Test For Americans III: Driving Practical Test

By: Shelly Bobbs

Shelly Bobbs — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:14:49 +0000

UK authorities, here here!

By: Arnold

Arnold — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:27:48 +0000

PS… one word of advice in dealing with UK authorities in general is never to take the word of the first low level administrator that you come across! Well, probably equally valid in terms of admin everywhere.

On a separate note, if you’re settling in here you can transfer any credit card accounts that you have with Bank of America/MBNA, Citibank, HSBC and American Express over to their UK equivalents.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:23:04 +0000

It’s not a new development as it’s been around for quite a number of years. If you check with Jeff over at http://www.AmericansInFrance.net he’ll know more about it as I gather he’s come across it in the past (in connection with the UK as well as with France).

I wouldn’t rely on the DSA people at the front line knowing about it. What they “know” is that there is no agreement to exchange licenses with America but what they may not know is that the agreements with America are actually at the level of individual states.

By: Yank

Yank — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:04:33 +0000

Hi Arnold, thanks for the note. Is this a new development? I spoke to the DSA in December 2008 and they were adamant that I’d have to resit the test here irrespective of issuing state of my US my license. Thanks for the info, I will look in to it further.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:27:27 +0000

Probably a little late to tell you, but did you know that it is possible to exchange a US license for a UK one if your US license was issued in, I think, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania or South Carolina? The exchange agreements with the US are state by state.

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By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:07:44 +0000

Excellent! I acquired my provisional license fairly quickly after getting here but have procrastinated on the rest of it. Your post brings it again to the front of my mind. R