mukulbhat

Dear All,

I have opportunity to travel to USA (San Jose) for a weeklong.
Can I hire a motorcycle and ride in the USA.

More Importantly: Is Indian Driving License recognized in the USA??

Happy to recive your suggestions/comments/experiences please...


Regards,
Mukul Bhat

sunilg

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cmahajan

Read this:

http://www.arjunprabhu.com/blog/arch...iving-license/

aargee

I used to drive in US with my Indian driving license. From my experience...
- Indian or any driving license is valid in US provided its printed in English
- Upto a period of 1 year

Go ahead & enjoy

If you're still skeptical, go ahead & apply an IDL from US website that will require you to pay a nominal fee & a scanned copy of your existing driving license. IDL's main purpose is to convert regional language into English. But, if your license is in English, you don't even need that.

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bluevolt

Any Indian license (booklet/card etc type) is accepted in the USA. But the license clearly has to be endorsed for motorcycles. In case the rental agency has any doubts, they might ask you to demonstrate your riding skills.

And make sure you buy all the insurance covers available, along renting a GPS unit.

An extensive study of US traffic laws will help. I would not recommend driving/riding in the US if you are going there for the first time. Make sure you first sit in the front of a car with the driver for at least a week and understand how the system works before you go out and rent a motor vehicle.

n_aditya

+1. Its not easy driving on the wrong side of the road. Overtaking from the left is not an issue since in India one overtakes from left, right and center and wherever space permits.

Take it easy, and like BV mentioned sit it out for a week or so with someone and get a hang of the traffic. The speeds there are much higher and a small error can be unforgiving.

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ilanjai

+1. How many opportunities will you be getting to ride a Bike in US considering the weather conditions? Car is a more safer mode for commuting.

vivekpetrohead

Before i went to US for a small trip, i got something called as a International Driving Permit (IDP) issued by the RTO in Pune.

I had rented a car and drove. You have to put in extra effort when driving / riding there. But in my opinion, keeping the IDP would be an added advantage. Gets issued withing 24 hrs or same day.

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bluevolt

Actually driving on the other side of the road is not so much a problem. It is the lane changes (when/where), keeping an eye on exits on freeways(and which lane to move before doing that), bike (cycle) lane rules, peds, amber signs, right of way and legal U-turns which one has to watch out for. And without a GPS, one will be helpless. Completely.

RAK

If you have very less time in US then I would suggest you to play GTA and learn.