International driving document is a legal translation of national driver’s license. By itself ID’sL is not valid for driving in United States. It’s merely confirms that you hold a valid license in your home country.
Every time you drive you should have with you both things: your NATIONAL DRIVER’S LICENSE and INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION OF DRIVER’S LICENSE.
International driving document is intended to overcome the difficulties the drivers might have while traveling by car in other countries where license requirements may widely vary.
The International Driver’s License comes in the form of a plastic card accompanied by a passport-sized booklet containing the 8 most common languages used around the world.
