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Florida Highway Patrol Will Observe Road Traffic Treaty and Not Enforce Conflicting State Statute

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 Fla. Stat. §322.04 (2012).

2 Convention on Road Traffic, Sept. 19, 1949, 3 UST 3008, 125 UNTS 22.

3 Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic, Dec. 14, 1943, 61 Stat. 1129, TIAS No. 1567.

4 Canadian Automobile Association Press Release, Florida Implements New Requirements for Canadian Drivers (undated), at https://www.atlantic.caa.ca/news/releases/2013-02/florida-implements-new-requirement-canadi-an- drivers.

5 Paul Koring & Jill Mahoney, Florida Backs Down on Enforcing New International Driver’s Licence Law, Globe and Mail, Feb. 14, 2013, at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/florida-backs-down-on-enforcing-new-international-drivers-licence-law/article8666459/.

6 Fla. Dep’t of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Statement from DHSMV on International Driving Permits (undated), at http://flhsmv.gov/IDP.htm.

7 Memorandum by Michael J. Alderman, Deputy General Counsel, Fla. Dep’t of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Office of General Counsel, to General Counsel Stephen D. Hurm, Subject: Requirement for International Driving Permit/Section 322.04 Florida Statutes/Docket Number 20-13-000761-1 (Feb. 25, 2013), at http://flhsmv.gov/IDP022513.pdf.