The answer is : it depends. If you are just visiting Germany, you should get an international driver’s license which is really a translation of your US license into other languages so that the local police can read it. If you will be in Germany for more than 6 months, you have to get a German driver’s […]
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The answer is : it depends.
If you are just visiting Germany, you should get an international driver’s license which is really a translation of your US license into other languages so that the local police can read it.
If you will be in Germany for more than 6 months, you have to get a German driver’s license or get a special extension that is good for up to a total of 364 days.
The level of pain and cost in getting a German license depends on whether or not your state has a “reciprocal agreement” with Germany. That is right .. it is on a state-by-state basis. You can get all the details at
http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/services/drivers_license.html
Now, remember regardless of which way you go, you really SHOULD learn the rules of the road in Germany because it can be deadly and/or costly if you don’t.
One common mistake if assuming that you can only be in the leftmost lane of the Autobahn when passing. It turns out that in the “unlimited” portions of the Autobahn, you have to remain in the RIGHTMOST lane unless you are passing someone, even if there are more than 2 lanes.
This site has a lot of info - http://gettingaroundgermany.home.att.net/regeln.htm
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