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Ya know how ya have to sometimes plan for extra time to get somewhere when riding your Spyder? Like when you stop for gas and people start asking questions about your cool Spyder.
I understand how this guy feels. :roflblack:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca8_HeJo13M
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Embrace it! Rock star status! You want boring? Drive a reo! If you think it’s cool, so doesn’t everyone! Part of the fun!
In my 21 years as a police officer I only came upon one of these "special" people. My guy had a British plate. One of those black and white rectangular ones. If you are going to drive around with no plate or a foreign plate (except for Canada and Mexico) you are going to get stopped, period.
I understand that he wants to tour with HIS car. But, holy moly...... where's the fun in having to explain yourself at the side of the road, time, after time, after time, after time......? Jim
Yeah, I probably wouldn't do it just for a (short?) vacation.... Buuut, it is sorta surprising & even a bit funny, if it wasn't quite so disruptive & frustrating - almost everywhere else in the Rest of the World they seem to handle International cars & travellers without anywhere near as much trouble! :shocked:
If I want to drive over-land in my own vehicle from Australia to England thru most of the Countries in the World (87 at last count, including both North American Countries IIRC) then all I usually need to do is to get the appropriate Travel Carnet (pronuounced kar-nay)/paperwork from the countries I'm gonna drive thru beforehand and off I go, generally with nothing extra beyond those docs & my current Aus Rego, plates, ins docs etc, &/or windscreen stickers (altho some travellers do whack one of those black & white oval AUS stickers on the back of their vehicles, just so the locals know we aren't Poms, Frenchies, or Yanks! :joke: ) And generally, the only place I'll be asked to produce all of that paper-work is at border crossings or my first port of call in any new country I'm visiting/passing thru.... Once there, whichever country it is, most Local Authorities seem to recognise the International nature of the vehicle & driver/occupants, and have little real concerns - except in North America (USA & Canada) :shocked: Well, there are some places where the 'local Authorities' do take the 'International' bit as an open invite to levy certain cash 'tolls' or 'fines' (if you know what I mean :sour: ) before allowing you to proceed, but that's usually only in some 'third world countries' &/or maybe South Africa :shocked:
But in North America, it seems that every cop you pass wants to check the whole lot out & personally confirm the legitimacy of the International Agreements that allow 'Foreign Travellers' to drive on their Country of Origin Rego & Licences as agreed between the various Governments.... I have a lot of sympathy for the Lambo driver, I know exactly how frustrating this sorta thing can be, and it seems surprising (at least to me :p ) that such Internationally involved & aware Countries have so little internal awareness & dare I say it even 'lack of tolerance at a local level' for something that the rest of the World handles pretty well! :shocked: Maybe it's the EU thing making it all easier, but Martin the Vlogger doesn't seem to have any of this type of trouble when he's ryding his Spyder across Europe; Charlie Boorman & Ewan McGregor didn't seem to either, not going Up/Down or Around the World; and there are quite a few other popular widely travelled Vloggers & Youtubers out there who've driven across many many Countries outside of North America on their home Country Rego etc who've had nowhere near the issues this Lambo driver had.... (GrizzlynBear Overland video/documents one French/Aus couple out there doing it right now!) And yet I know that what this Lambo driver experiences in that vid seems to be the norm in the US & Canada but the exception almost any/everywhere else?!? Like I said, because you really don't expect it in such 'aware & International' Countries, it's sorta surprising, at least it was to me! :dontknow:
Peter: I understand what you mean about driving from one country to another in Europe. Most of the countries borders in Europe are crossed by roads which actually make it similar to Canada and Mexico here. If a police office in America sees a car with a European or Arab plate, it is quite unusual. Like I stated, I had only seen one in 21 years. That makes training on how to handle that situation very far down the list. For most of us it does instigate some investigation.
Why didn't he register it in either the US of Canada? He could have kept his Dubia plates and registration, just put on the US/Canada plates when in the US or Canada.
Joe T.
I owned motorcycles and was licensed to ride in several of the countries in Asia and South East Asia. I took the international driving test and had a license in the language of the country I rode in. Owned a motorcycle and rode a lot on the island of Taiwan. Lived there almost 3 years, and was never stopped by the local police for any reason, even though I rode a motorcycle that was larger displacement than the locals were allowed to own. I did have have some of the local police stop and ask questions about it as I was filling up with gas or stopped at a roadside cafe. It was never about my license or tag. It was usually about the motorcycle itself.
You'd probably have to pay lot import duties and taxes and modify the car to comply with us/canada regulations i dont think putting us/canada plates would be a cheap and quick process for a LamboQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe T.
I think he likes the attention.
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That car wouldn't be legal to import and register here due to emissions and sound ordinances.
North America only has 2 direct neighbors that can drive in so seeing other plates here would be a rarity. In places like Europe, middle-east or Africa where countries are physically small, cross border traffic is going to be much more common. Most other counties of the world are only the size of one of our states. How often do you see out of state plates vs out of country..