Originally Posted by AGSF

3) I would NEVER knowingly lie to a car rental agency in the US. I expect that if the conviction is in the UK, you could absolutely rent a car in the US without them knowing-- that is if you return the car in one piece, without having had an accident. BUT real problems arise if there is an accident. If you obtained the car rental having knowingly lied to the agency, you could be in major trouble if you are involved in an accident-- and, as we are all aware, accidents here can be VERY expensive. Any decent attorney for the insurance company or car rental agency is going to find out about your UK conviction, and will use that to void the terms of the contract between you and the rental car agency and/or insurance company, and you could be fully liable for the accident. This includes damage and loss of the car--so if your car is stolen, and insurance would have covered it, they could use the non-disclosed DUI as an excuse to refuse payment. I would never wan to drive in the US knowing that I could be fully responsible financially for an accident/loss/damage--it is very, very expensive here.