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Can I drive my car into Mexico without an American drivers license?

Posted on 12/10/2012 4:02:04 PM PST by FoxPro

It isn't important why I dont have a drivers license.

There are numerous reasons why the DMV will not issue you a drivers license, from MADD to child support issues.

But if I drive down to the border, will I be asked for a drivers license?

What are the chances of being asked for a drivers license?

And if I am asked for a drivers license and cant provide one, what might happen?

And the same questions for coming back.

I know I will need a passport for coming back into the US and I have that. But will I need a drivers license to get my car back into the US, as well.

Thanks in advance to the smartest people in the world here on Free Republic.


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To: FoxPro

Take a bus.


21 posted on 12/10/2012 4:21:22 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
Why don’t you go down there and stay.

I want to go down and stay. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHETHER THEY WILL ASK ME TO SEE A DRIVERS LICENSE WHEN I CROSS THE BORDER!

22 posted on 12/10/2012 4:21:53 PM PST by FoxPro
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To: austinaero
You should be more worried about getting back into the States without ID>

Dude says he has a passport to get back home.

23 posted on 12/10/2012 4:27:19 PM PST by Rapscallion ( OBAMA: You own it now. See if you can govern it.)
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To: FoxPro

YES!!!


24 posted on 12/10/2012 4:27:50 PM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: FoxPro

Contact the Auto Club. They are a reliable source of information as to driving in Mexico.


25 posted on 12/10/2012 4:28:11 PM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: FoxPro
Can I drive my car into Mexico without an American drivers license?

No.

Your US drivers license, in good standing, is honored by Mexican law if you have Mexican approved or sold liability insurance.

If you don't have a US license, you don't have a Mexican license.

26 posted on 12/10/2012 4:28:30 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: nuconvert

“Why are you driving at all if you don’t have a drivers license?”


You have to have a Mexican drivers license to drive in Mexico. Who would have thunk it. The illegals that have crossed into the US, do so all the time, without a US license, and demand we give them one. Try that in Mexico.


27 posted on 12/10/2012 4:28:58 PM PST by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: FoxPro

I want to go down and stay. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHETHER THEY WILL ASK ME TO SEE A DRIVERS LICENSE WHEN I CROSS THE BORDER!


A valid US passport or passport card is required to cross the border into Mexico or Canada. This happened a while back.


28 posted on 12/10/2012 4:33:26 PM PST by Yulee (Village of Albion)
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To: Yulee

Dude, tell the Mex border guys “Dude, I don’t need no steenkin license.”


29 posted on 12/10/2012 4:33:32 PM PST by Rapscallion ( OBAMA: You own it now. See if you can govern it.)
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To: FoxPro

Yes but ... your insurance likely won’t cover you. If it doesn’t, you’ll need insurance in Mexico. There are many companies in Mexico that will give you short term ins. it’s pretty easy.


30 posted on 12/10/2012 4:33:45 PM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: Yulee

“You have to have a Mexican drivers license to drive in Mexico.”

No, you don’t


31 posted on 12/10/2012 4:35:11 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Navy Patriot

I dont give a crap about what is legal or illegal.

WILL THEY ASK TO SEE A DRIVERS LICENSE WHEN CROSSING INTO MEXICO BY CAR?

WILL THEY ASK TO SEE A DRIVERS LICENSE WHEN RETURNING FROM MEXICO BY CAR?


32 posted on 12/10/2012 4:36:27 PM PST by FoxPro
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To: FoxPro

Not that they are enforced or enforced correctly, but Mexico does have laws.

Yes you need a license to drive in Mexico. One from here or from there.

The surest way to get arrested in a foreign country is to parade around not obeying laws like your more privileged than the residents.

Obviously in the US we allow illegals to do just that. But believe me, Mexico doesn’t like it one bit.


33 posted on 12/10/2012 4:36:33 PM PST by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: FoxPro

Since you have a passport, why not just take public transportation to Mexico. Then it’s not an issue...

If you don’t have a license you don’t have valid insurance either.


34 posted on 12/10/2012 4:37:37 PM PST by babygene ( .)
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To: FoxPro
YES!
ON BOTH SIDES.

But you may be onto something once you get across intact.
I know enough Mexicans who won't travel south unless business or family demand it, and demand is the operative word, they just might need all the new blood they can get.
That's assuming you can support yourself and don't care much about personal safety or property rights.

35 posted on 12/10/2012 4:38:47 PM PST by norton
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To: RIghtwardHo; FoxPro

Insurance, really what company will insure you if you have no drivers license?


36 posted on 12/10/2012 4:39:51 PM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: FoxPro

WILL THEY ASK TO SEE A DRIVERS LICENSE WHEN CROSSING INTO MEXICO BY CAR?
WILL THEY ASK TO SEE A DRIVERS LICENSE WHEN RETURNING FROM MEXICO BY CAR?

Your answer, from what others are posting, seems to be yes.
So, be prepared to be arrested on one side or the other if you go.


37 posted on 12/10/2012 4:42:15 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: FoxPro
Most likely they will ask for a DL at both crossings, I have never heard of an instance when an Anglo or a Latin was not asked for a drivers license at the border when in a vehicle.

And you don't have to shout.

38 posted on 12/10/2012 4:42:23 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: FoxPro

Oh, forgot.
You need at least a passport card to get in.

Plus, of course you will need a drivers license to get back into the states. Those are Americans you will be dealing with coming back. Do you think they will let you drive into the states without a license?

You have your answers. Asking again and again will not change the truth.


39 posted on 12/10/2012 4:42:23 PM PST by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: Yulee

No you don’t. I’ve driven plenty of times in Puerto Aventuras on an American license.

You just rent one like anywhere in America and get their insurance.


40 posted on 12/10/2012 4:43:02 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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