This allows you to drive in Italy and Europe for up to one year. Therefore, if you are a tourist coming to Italy every now and then, perhaps just for the summer, you can continue renting all the cars you want all that is required is your driver’s license and the International Driving Permit (certificato di guida internazionale), a document issued from your country (such as AAA in the United States and CAA in Canada).
However, for those who come from a country outside of the EU (‘a foreign State’), article 135 of the Driving Code says ‘drivers equipped with a driver’s license or an international permit issued by a foreign State can drive in Italy with his/her license, if those documents are valid, but only if he/she has not been a resident in Italy for more than one year.’ If a driver holds a driver’s license issued by an EU country, he or she can continue driving in Italy with her national license. 59 of Appursuant the UE Directive 2006/126/CE, 2009/113/CE) distinguishes whether the driver has a driver’s license issued by another European country or not.
In this respect, the Italian Driving Code (Codice della Strada, recently revised by the Law Decree n. Not true! If you do not have a European Union (EU) driver’s license or if you have resided in Italy for more than one year, you are risking a lot by driving with your n ational (for instance, American ) driver’s license. So, my first question to my friends was, ‘Are you sure you can drive in Italy?’ ‘Of course!’ they laughed at me, reassuring me that they had rented cars many times in Europe, are proven drivers, have never had any problems, and had just renewed their international driving permits. However, if you are not just a tourist, and have legally resided in Italy for more than one year, it is very likely that your ‘foreign’ driver’s license is not a valid document to drive in Italy. Everybody dreams about getting into a nice sports car and driving up and down the Amalfi Coast or the Tuscan hills. Some of my American friends who have now lived in Florence for over two years told me recently that they wanted to rent a car to travel across Italy and Europe during their holidays.
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