Loinx22 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Hello All, Just got my International Driver Permit from AAA. Noticed on the "document" that they gave me has French writing on it (see pic). 1. Why? 2. Is this supposed to be Thai writing as I clearly stated I would be using in Thailand? I dunno, anyone have experience with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheLaughingMan Posted September 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) American Automobile Association? In Canada our document is in english with a bunch of pages in chinese, french, spanish etc because the document can be used all over the world and those are the main languages, but Thai is not a very important language so would not be included, they dont custom make the document for you its the same document everyone gets regardless of where they are travelling. In Thailand from what I read the requirement is that your document says in ENGLISH thats its an internaitonal driving licence for the vehicle your driving. But youre saying your main pages are all in french? Thats odd Edited September 2, 2022 by TheLaughingMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loinx22 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Just now, TheLaughingMan said: American Automobile Association? In Canada our document is in enlgish with a bunch of pages in chinese, french, spanish etc because the document can be used all over the world and those are the main languages, but Thai is not a very important language so would not be included, they dont custom make the document for you its the same document everyone gets regardless of where they are travelling. But youre saying your main pages are all in french? Thats odd It's mostly in English. Was just wondering why the rest was in French? No other language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLaughingMan Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Just now, Loinx22 said: It's mostly in English. Was just wondering why the rest was in French? No other language. Well the English is the required part by Thailand so you are covered but that is a bit strange AAA is giving out IDP with just english and French, I guess most americans use it to drive in Canada which would explain that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loinx22 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Just now, TheLaughingMan said: Well the English is the required part by Thailand so you are covered but that is a bit strange AAA is giving out IDP with just english and French, I guess most americans use it to drive in Canada which would explain that. Oui, je suis Loinx! LOL. Ok, thank you for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 From Wikipedia: Quote The last two inside pages shall be printed in French, and pages preceding those two pages shall repeat the first of them in several languages, which must include English, Russian and Spanish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit The origin of the treaties go back to Paris which might have something to do with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loinx22 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, eisfeld said: From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit The origin of the treaties go back to Paris which might have something to do with it. See, I saw something about multiple languages before applying (along the lines of what you quoted) but only English and French on the document, which had me wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Loinx22 said: It's mostly in English. Was just wondering why the rest was in French? No other language. The English tells other countries what you can drive. Did you get the IDP using a French DL.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Loinx22 said: It's mostly in English. Was just wondering why the rest was in French? No other language. International (UN) convention, that's all. UK passports similarly use French on the data page. Edited September 3, 2022 by Liverpool Lou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Kwasaki said: The English tells other countries what you can drive. Did you get the IDP using a French DL.? IDPs always have french in them. He got it from AAA (American Automobile Association) so it can't be a french license because you can get an IDP only from your home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, eisfeld said: IDPs always have french in them. He got it from AAA (American Automobile Association) so it can't be a french license because you can get an IDP only from your home country. OK thanks I have never had to bother with IDP's when working abroad so never had or seen one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Mine was in English and French, but then it had a bunch of papers stapled in it with translation to many languages, including Thai. When getting it, I was told by the lady issuing me with it that there were 2 types of it and she had to look up which one Thailand recognised. It was only 1 year validity one, not the ... whatever the other one was... 2 years, 3 years, don't know. But as said, the one I've got had Thai translation stapled in. Edited September 3, 2022 by tomazbodner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Historically, English and French are the accepted two languages most widely used. English due to the international dominant language of business and French for its more precise diplomatic usage, if I remember correctly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 3:29 AM, Loinx22 said: Just got my International Driver Permit from AAA. Noticed on the "document" that they gave me has French writing on it (see pic). Nothing new there. An old one of mine issued in the UK in 2011 is exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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