Originally Posted by
Ritz
Gotta say, I have very little empathy for you either. The scenario sounds terrible, that I understand. But a major car rental agency renting to ANYONE without their physical license? Are you kidding me? I've been with National for almost a decade (of non-stop renting, mind you), and I wouldn't even think of attempting to rent a vehicle without my DL. What happens when you get pulled over 5 seconds you're outside the lot? "Here you go officer...even though your state has a failure to produce documenst/DL law, and you can confiscate the vehicle on the spot...please let me go since National rented the car to me, or call my home state DMV where they'll vouch for me"??? Are you kidding me?
Not a chance.
There's the law and there's this thing call, "SH!T HAPPENS"
If a guy rents from a company a couple times a month and can prove that his license is valid (faxed by the state's DMV) and has multiple supporting documents showing he's really who he state he is, I think they should allow him to rent a vehicle.
In California, it is illegal to drive w/o the possession of your DL but if you get pulled over and got cited, you just have to go to court and show them that you are licensed but lost it and was waiting for a replacement, etc.. then the judge more often drop the case.
Also, the OP stated that DMV faxed over his documents stating that he is indeed license, then with that document, it should be more than enough for him to drive IMO.