US driver's licence

[juliann]

I don't drive here in the UK so I have never been required to surrender my US DL. However, I can't just renew on my next trip because my parents have moved states and to get my DL transferred to their state would cost beaucoup de bucks as they require proof of insurance. (Which there's no need for me to get, since I don't drive there, plus I am

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[duir_id]

OK what state will you have to get your new license in? I'm English have my UK lisence, had to pay $60 to get my NE license and $178 to get my OR one, but I never had to show proof of insurence....

Just a thought...

[juliann]

New state would be North Carolina. You're required to show minimum liability coverage. I'm having trouble getting quotes online since I don't have a car that needs insuring, just myself!

[duir_id]

I swear this bloody country is crazy when it comes to stuff like that. It should be the one license no matter where you live... Oh well

[rjshook]

That's so strange a concept. Up until now I though it is always the car you insure and not the driver. Isn't it South Carolina where you get your driver's license from a cracker jack box?

SCDL

[nellwyn]

Yah, and you could buy the cracker jack box when you were 15, though now it's 17. The test consisted of driving out of the front parking lot, turning right onto the next road (which was a side access road to the building), doing an emergency stop, reversing until they told you to stop, turning right into the back parking lot, and parallel parking in the nice big spot they had designated. Why I remember these details is anyone's guess. :)