Originally Posted by
ELAL
My friend (which had just passed his test a few days earlier), hired a car from Sixt, with the document confirming he passed his test.
You could of tried your luck with that.
Except that document is handed in to get one's license...
In the US, where no-one's heard of a paper counterpart to one's license, the photocard is sufficient, Europe is a mixed bag I think, but all irrelevant for the OP now
tb