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
) 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:
