Terry wrote "3. If you look you will see the use of icons and letters. A standard car is category 'B'. This also helps make things language independent. The greater use of icons appears to be a European cultural thing. America often uses words where Europe has icons. This is apparent in road signs. In addition, modern fire exits in Europe have no words, just icons."
Then what about the directions (North, south, etc) in roads, do they use any icons for this. Madan --- cellular qwerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any thing like European Driving License > > like Euro visa. > > 'Europe' and 'Euro...' are ambiguous terms, as you > probably know. The visa that you are referring to is > the 'Schengen visa' and applies to a bizarre mix of > countries that signed the Schengen treaty. Some > countries are inside the European Union and some > outside (e.g. Iceland). It is not valid in the UK > because the UK did not sign Schengen. Schengen is a > town, European treaties are often named after towns. > > http://www.eurovisa.info/SchengenVisa.htm > > > As far as the driving licence is concerned: > > 1. Yes. there is a single licence for the European > Union. It is valid in all EU countries. See: > http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/yrfulldl.htm > > 2. There is a technicality that I don't understand - > it is called a 'European Community' licence rather > than a 'European Union' licence. Does anybody know > why? > > 2. The word 'Driving licence' appears on the front > in > at least 12 languages. All critical information is > standardised in format and language-independent. It > is > a piece of paper, A4 in size. All critical > information > is on one side (and therefore only one page is > needed > for photocopying). All these features assist law > enforcement in any country. Guidance notes are in > local languages since they are merely for the owner. > > 3. If you look you will see the use of icons and > letters. A standard car is category 'B'. This also > helps make things language independent. The greater > use of icons appears to be a European cultural > thing. > America often uses words where Europe has icons. > This > is apparent in road signs. In addition, modern fire > exits in Europe have no words, just icons. > > 4. There is no photo on the licence. Although a > separate photocard version is gradually being > introduced. The driving licence is simply a piece of > administrative paper. > > 5. The US tradition of using driving licence as ID > does not apply in Europe. Most countries have a > separate ID card. The UK is an exception and has no > ID > at all (I think that there is another exception - > Sweden?). Much of the ID requirement in the US is > for > alcohol control. Since Europe is more liberal with > alcohol, there is a whole function of law > enforcement > reduced to almost zero. > > 6. If a British police officer wants to see a > licence, > then he/she gives a notice to the driver. The driver > has 5 days to produce it at a police station of > driver's choice. > > 7. The British spelling of license is 'licence'. > > > Terry. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
