Newsman 1st Gear August 18, 2005 Share August 18, 2005 It is OK to rent & drive a car in California without an International Driver Licence? Any Driving Tips on safe & economical drive thru San Francisco, LA & Los Angeles? Can share your experience here? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged August 18, 2005 Share August 18, 2005 Yes its A Ok to drive in USA with a valid international driving license. Get it from AA. LA's traffic is hairy to the balls! Be very careful when overtaking because drivers there are agressive. San Francico through to LA... Try Pacific Coast Highway! Damn nice. Stop by Malibu for a while and gawk at those beach girls. But quite a number are fatso's' so gawk with caution Enjoy and please be careful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acemundo Supercharged August 18, 2005 Share August 18, 2005 yup don't need IDL. being a LHD place, i think u need lots of getting used to. rule of thumb, driver always closer to center of road than side of road. Safe? As long as you don't hog the extreme left lane ok liao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Neutral Newbie September 4, 2005 Share September 4, 2005 no need any international driving license. upon collecting your rented car in CA, just show your Singapore driving license ID card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essentiale Neutral Newbie September 4, 2005 Share September 4, 2005 if you have 2 or more people in the car including the driver, go onto the car pool lane its usually empty and you can go as fast as you want on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essentiale Neutral Newbie September 4, 2005 Share September 4, 2005 oh yeah, the drivers there very chiong one so you have to drive at the speed limit which is 60mph = 100kmph and do not be a hogger if not the big truck behind will just mow you down!!!! wahahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Neutral Newbie September 4, 2005 Share September 4, 2005 have been driving there in the last 8 yrs, and I don't really find the drivers there any aggressive. They are more courteous than Singpaore drivers, if one were to compare. Car Pool lane is good when you have a passenger in your car, but if you are driving alone, please don't drive on car pool lane (Singapore driver's bad habit of driving bus lane) as there'll be traffic police catching such offenders. please also drive within speed limit, it's no fun being warned or chased by the police there .. haha oh yes, I think the coast drive is highway 280. nice drive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essentiale Neutral Newbie September 4, 2005 Share September 4, 2005 on the freeway some cars tend to go fast however on normal roads, they give way alot for example, when u reach a junction even if they have the right of way by (left hand rle etc), if you reached the junction and stop before them, they will give way to you its very different form singapore which is so totally cool man... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisurfer Neutral Newbie September 4, 2005 Share September 4, 2005 I remembered i saw an ANG MO drive in singapore's Right hand drive car and made a right turn onto on-coming traffic! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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