Daily Mail 5th April 2013
A new law which banned holidaymakers from driving cars in Florida unless they had an international driving permit has been repealed.
The U-turn comes after British visitors carrying a UK driving licence suddenly found themselves unable to hire cars in the popular holiday destination, without warning.
The law calling for an International Driving Permit (IDP) was quietly introduced in January without notifying travel companies, meaning they were unable to advise holidaymakers on how to proceed.
Read all of this report at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2303849/Florida-driving-law-overturned-Britons-CAN-hire-cars-UK-licence-confusion-new-law.html#ixzz2Pd1xMO4g
See also: Car Hire Confusion in Florida over new International Driving Licences - February 2013