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Posted: 04:04 - 07 Feb 2019 Post subject: Driving in the eu after Britain leaves |
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Posted: 08:27 - 07 Feb 2019 Post subject: |
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So any euro chap can continue to drive over here unencumbered with additional requirements, but when I go on holiday I might need a green card, an international driving permit, and change my number plate to remove the EU bit on the edge or stick a great big GB target sticker on the back.
Is this just part of the project fear, or is this likely? If it is, shouldn't we be mirroring the inconvenience to them?
EDIT: I think you can just cover up the Euro stars on the number plate and be compliant.
IDP costs £5.50 form the post office. Green card should be simple enough.
Really this stuff isn't a big deal at all, but if the EU insists that we revert to having to do this it'll illustrate how petty minded they are. There's no benefit to it, and no genuine reason to not agree this stuff before exit. |
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jnw010 wrote: | So any euro chap can continue to drive over here unencumbered with additional requirements, but when I go on holiday I might need a green card, an international driving permit, and change my number plate to remove the EU bit on the edge or stick a great big GB target sticker on the back.
Is this just part of the project fear, or is this likely? If it is, shouldn't we be mirroring the inconvenience to them?
EDIT: I think you can just cover up the Euro stars on the number plate and be compliant.
IDP costs £5.50 form the post office. Green card should be simple enough.
Really this stuff isn't a big deal at all, but if the EU insists that we revert to having to do this it'll illustrate how petty minded they are. There's no benefit to it, and no genuine reason to not agree this stuff before exit. |
It drives British tourists away from the EU and helps push the EU deeper into recession |
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Posted: 12:48 - 07 Feb 2019 Post subject: |
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We may also be expected to learn to speak Frog, Clog, Bosch, Tally, and Deigo as the Europeans will not talk to us in English after 29th March. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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All of my most enjoyable and spectacular overseas roads trips have NOT taken place anywhere in Europe. If making
a few arrangements to organise green card and IDPs is too much effort for a traveller who aims to take a road trip overseas
then it's their lookout, isn't it? Probably the same dickheads who don't get proper insurance then bleat when they injure
themselves and aren't covered by the insurance which they arranged for themselves. Twenty minutes in a Post Office and it's
all quickly sorted. Small inconvenience for giving Tusk and Co the finger IMO. Now, where's my blue passport... ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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Riejufixing wrote: |
This is interesting; English will remain as an "Official" EU language, not "downgraded", but only 1% of the EU population remaining will have English as their own country's official language (Ireland, Malta). Perhaps it's because of the world's use of language:
The Top 10 Most Spoken Languages in the World
Mandarin Chinese (1.1 billion speakers) ...
English (983 million speakers) ...
Hindustani (544 million speakers) ...
Spanish (527 million speakers) ...
Arabic (422 million speakers) ...
Malay (281 million speakers) ...
Russian (267 million speakers) ...
Bengali (261 million speakers)
There's also the fact that English is studied far more widely than any other language in the EU, probably due to the number of speakers globally. |
It's also the recognised language of business, which to be fair, you can place that on America's doorstep, on top of that, you have laws, such as no matter what country you're operating in, communications in aviation, such as between the aircraft and control tower have to be in English, at least where civil aircraft are concerned. ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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It's only comparatively recently you stopped having to do all this anyway.
The implication is that we've been able to do all this ever since we joined the EEC but we haven't. I remember going on holiday to France as a kid (so late 80's). We had to get a green card. We had to put a GB sticker on the back of the car, we had to dye the headlights yellow.
We also went through customs on the way back and you couldn't just take as much tobacco and booze as you wanted without paying duty. I remember my old man having a load of pipe tobacco stashed about the place in his Nissan Bluebird diesel and a guilty expression on his face.
Anyway. I'd be all for unilateral action by the Uk government to encourage tourists to enter the UK with as little hassle as possible. Same at the Irish border. Let the EU set up customs checks if they feel they have to, we'll do remote customs declarations. Huge queues going into Ireland, free run through the other way. See who looks unreasonable. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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MCN wrote: | My point.
English is the pigeon. It's only been developed over time by it's use in religion, commerce and law.
It's not a pure language.
The English speakers of the UK forget this when ever they critique another man's English.
There must be a word (in English) for that sort of linguistic bigotry. |
It's a highly descriptive language which encompasses words from different languages. Note how immigrants speaking in a different language often drop in the odd English word. |
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Not Latin though, is it? ____________________ Mpd72: I can categorically say i’m Brighter than that, no matter how I come across on here.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 49 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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