Originally Posted by
Flying Lawyer
In Germany it is a criminal offense to drive without an invalid license.
No, it is not. It's a criminal offense to drive without a valid license.
I've been dealing with a lot of sloppy German legal writing today, so don't feel bad on a Sunday whether or not doing a confession.
It's legal to drive with an invalid license if also driving with a valid license; and that's why it's said that it's a criminal offense to drive without a valid license.
Originally Posted by
Flying Lawyer
It is - once again - not the question of an entitlement to a German license but the question for how long a foreign license allows you to drive a car on German roads. If there weren't the Vienna Convention you would only be allowed to use your license in the jurisdiction that issued it. Under the Vienna Convention you are allowed to use to license for a very limited period in a foreign jurisdiction until you need to apply for a license in this jurisdiction
It is, once again, an issue of when the license is valid and/or when it is not valid.
The Vienna Convention is not the only agreement out there allowing for licenses to be used in a jurisdiction other than the one that issued it, even as it's the most common one when it comes to use of licenses for driving in a jurisdiction beyond just that of the issuer of the license.
Originally Posted by
Flying Lawyer
You are right. I originally drafted "with an invalid license"...
Still doesn't make it right. See above.