Which documents are needed when travelling abroad?
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ken
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 Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? Anyone know if it's mandatory nowadays to carry your car's V5 with you when travelling abroad? My daughter is setting off this w/e to travel to Italy by car and isn't sure what the rules are. It's been a while since I've travelled abroad, but back when we used to spend a month trekking around France, Spain and Portugal every summer, I don't recall ever taking the car's logbook with us...  ken.
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Neil
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? AFAIK it's mandatory to carry your V5C. I was worried that i wouldn't get mine processed by the DVLA & returned to me in time for the Frenchie - it was delivered just hours before i was due to leave. Although mandatory, i know a lot of people who travel without! just found this on a bikers website: Quote: Vehicle Registration Documents (V5C): All E.U. countries require that you carry the original V5C (not a photocopy) or a letter of authority from the vehicles owner if it is not your own vehicle and/or a Vehicle on Hire Certificate (VE103B) if it is a company or a hire vehicle. Our own Customs and Excise can get pretty stroppy if you can’t produce your vehicle documents when asked to do so on return and the French police can actually detain you if you can’t prove ownership of your bike.
Insurance : A Green Card is no longer a statutory requirement but it is best to advise your insurance company where you are going and for how long. All insurance companies will provide the minimum cover required within the E.U. but if you have comprehensive insurance many will extend it to give you up to 60 days full cover in Europe as long as you let them know when and where you are going. (Carry your Insurance Certificate with you and also your M.O.T. Certificate just in case).
Accident Document: Obtainable from your insurance company or broker and must be completed in the event of an accident.
Form E111: This form is no longer valid. Instead a European Health Insurance Card must be obtained It must be produced in E.U. countries if you are taken ill and wish to claim treatment via reciprocal health agreements. The new card is valid for either 3 or 5 years and is free of charge. It can be obtained on-line, (click link above), by telephone, (0845 606 2030) or by obtaining a form from the Post Office, (providing of course that the government have not closed them all),
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ken
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? Cheers, Neil.
I'd better phone Clare straight away and give her the bad news, about having to search through all that stuff which is still in boxes from when they moved house last Winter...
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twofifty AZU
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? It depends where you go as the rules vary from country to country. In terms of documentation you absolutely must have V5C, MOT, Insurance and driving licence. Also get the EU medical card http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-liv ... rance/ehicEven if you have travel insurance you should have the EHIC card. There is a good samaritan law in most of Europe, requiring you sto stop and assist if you're first on the scene of an accident, a first aid kit is very advisable and required in Germany. Hi viz vests vary from country to country, some require driver only, some all occupants. Many countries require the driver's be accessible sat in the driver's seat..... A vest for all the occupants is advisable, for the driver essential. Warning triangles are a requirement, Spain requires two warning triangles (though foreign vehicles can get away with only one it isn't recommended). Driving with blown bulbs is illegal, and a policeman can require you to change them on the spot, spare bulb kit is highly advisable, but not legally required. I'd carry one if passing through France. Note that in France any EU licence holder can have their licence confiscated on the spot for exceeding the speed limit by more than 40kph. Radar detectors are illegal, and fines are big if caught. It is not uncommon for the police to look for them in cars stopping for toll booths.
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toomany2cvs
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? Neil wrote: Although mandatory, i know a lot of people who travel without! <waves> Never got round to taking anything, never needed anything. Maybe it's because I'm so well behaved and always strictly obey all rules of the road wherever I go...?
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Rumble602
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? Usually take V5, insurance, driving licence - both parts etc. Forgot the lot when we went to Czech!
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Russell
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? toomany2cvs wrote: Neil wrote: Although mandatory, i know a lot of people who travel without! <waves> Never got round to taking anything, never needed anything. Maybe it's because I'm so well behaved and always strictly obey all rules of the road wherever I go...? I rarely take half the docs I need, but that's not to say I'm right in doing so, or that I would reccomend it to anybody else, I'm just lazy/disintersted in formalities. I'd hate to say 'nah sod it, you'll be fine' to somebody and then they get caught!
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twofifty AZU
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? I've rarely needed the documents, and in the last 6 years I've driven over 200K miles in 15 countries from Norway and Sweden down to Spain Portugal and Italy with everything in between. The point is that if you do get stopped and you have the right stuff to hand you'll be on your way with a friendly wave in a matter of minutes. If you don't you can be in for a load of unnecessary hassle.
Unlike in the UK, you are for instance, required to have a driving licence on you when driving a car, this applies to locals as well as to tourists. If you get stopped and the driver lacks a licence, the police won't just wave you on your way.
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toomany2cvs
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? twofifty AZU wrote: Unlike in the UK, you are for instance, required to have a driving licence on you when driving a car, this applies to locals as well as to tourists. If you get stopped and the driver lacks a licence, the police won't just wave you on your way. My photocard lives in my wallet at all times, so I'm "covered" for that.
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Paul Narramore
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Re: Which documents are needed when travelling abroad? Documentwise, I always take everything. The aggrevation caused should they ever need producing is not worth it. In the early 70s we were involed on a tree car crash on the outskirts of Ostende. We were in a borrowed VW Beetle and the drivers were from three different countries. So I know from experience it's essential to take them. Now bulbs and first aid kit I almost never take (but should).
Incidentally I bought a warning triangle in Ostende's Auchan hypermarket for about €2.75 a bargain compared to the £15 or so at the local Halfords.
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