Americans abroad

[Cheizz]

I'll just leave this here.

American Tourist Fined For Parking Ferrari In Historic Florence Square | Carscoops

Police quickly responded and found the man didn't have even have an international driving permit

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[James]

That Ferrari looks good there in the Piazza della Signoria. Note there‘s a Fiat in front.

 

[fatbob]

....but I've seen Top Gear and the Italian Job.....

 

[Bad Bob]

Ya, too often we earn our bad reputation.
We aren't alone though, look around a little and it really is not too hard to find nonresidents doing stupid stuff everywhere.

 

[Shawn]

Ya, too often we earn our bad reputation.
We aren't alone though, look around a little and it really is not too hard to find nonresidents doing stupid stuff everywhere.

It's a numbers game, mostly.

It's kind of like being a college football fan of Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State, three of the biggest fanbases in the country. We have more bad fans, individually, than some programs have total fans. There's 332 million Americans, so that's going to be a huge number of bad tourists.

 

[James]

There's 332 million Americans, so that's going to be a huge number of bad tourists.

I mean the number who don’t go on tour is far larger.

 

[fatbob]

There's a reason every Canadian backpacker has the Maple Leaf on their pack though.

Mind you not unlike the Scots and the Welsh in that regard...

 

[scott43]

There's a reason every Canadian backpacker has the Maple Leaf on their pack though.

Mind you not unlike the Scots and the Welsh in that regard...

Guilty..

 

[BLiP]

Only a $506 fine? May have been easier than trying to find a legal parking space.

We aren't alone though, look around a little and it really is not too hard to find nonresidents doing stupid stuff everywhere.

There are plenty of foreign tourists in NYC that would give any bad American tourist a run for their money.

 

[Shawn]

There are plenty of foreign tourists in NYC that would give any bad American tourist a run for their money.

Hell, what if Quebec had 332 million people? French Canadians everywhere!

I kid; j'aime le québec

 

[scott43]

Hell, what if Quebec had 332 million people? French Canadians everywhere!

I kid; j'aime le québec

Should really be J'aime les Quebecois...

 

[Shawn]

Should really be J'aime les Quebecois...

Wouldn't be an American tourist if I didn't speak the language wrong

 

[Jilly]

There's a reason every Canadian backpacker has the Maple Leaf on their pack though.

Mind you not unlike the Scots and the Welsh in that regard...

Yup!!

Should really be J'aime les Quebecois...

Oui!!

 

[wiread]

It’s been a few years, but is an international drivers license a thing? I’ve driven in Germany, Austria, Peru, Bolivia and was told each and every time my US drivers license was valid as long as it was current.

 

[Kyle]

It’s been a few years, but is an international drivers license a thing? I’ve driven in Germany, Austria, Peru, Bolivia and was told each and every time my US drivers license was valid as long as it was current.

The last time I rented a car in Italy (just before the pandemic), I was told that I needed an International Driver's License to do so. A few years before that trip, I drove through parts of Northern Italy without one in a car rented and returned in France and without knowing of the requirement. I was not over so I never found out if it presented a problem. I would not drive in Italy without one at this point.

 

[Gibby]

It’s been a few years, but is an international drivers license a thing? I’ve driven in Germany, Austria, Peru, Bolivia and was told each and every time my US drivers license was valid as long as it was current.

International drivers license is a waste of time and money. A few years ago I rented a car in France from Sixt. The international license didn’t work. My Colorado license did.

 

[Sibhusky]

I've always gotten an international license because I've always been asked for it.

 

[James]

I rented a car at CDG airport near Paris maybe 5 years ago. No special license.

 

[Primoz]

It’s been a few years, but is an international drivers license a thing? I’ve driven in Germany, Austria, Peru, Bolivia and was told each and every time my US drivers license was valid as long as it was current.

I don't reallly get this "man didn't have even have an international driving permit" either. Sure when I go out of Europe, I normally get international license too, but only because of car rentals. And every single time until now, noone wanted to even check it, and "my local drivers license" was more then enough, regardless if this car rental was in US, Canada or anywhere in Africa. So yeah, I also think "my local drivers license" should be enough.

 

[tromano]

So the biggest issue with Americans abroad is parking?