Driving a Blitz in Europe

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Lang
I have just refreshed on the EU rules for our current FIAT 500 trip and they say that the 6 months applies for people domiciled outside EU. They can be EU citizens living abroad or foreigners. Last time I looked Switzerland was not a member of the EU. Should work for Chris should it not?

Lang, you're right, Switzerland in still not a member of the EU.
But while this rule may apply for you as an Australian citizen with an Australian driver's licence driving a car with an Australian registration, this - as far as I understand - does not apply to Swiss Chris with a Swiss driver's licence driving a "car" (it is a car and not a truck as long as it's less than 3500 kgs) with an Australian registration. I'm sure this does not work for me as a Dutchman. My sister is a Dutch citizen living in Germany, but she needs a German driver's licence and a German registration on her car. And Dutchie here is legally not allowed to drive his sister's car.

Not sure if this cleans up things, but I'm not making the rules!

H.