Interestingly, in September 2014 I went to hire a car in the UK (
from a v.reputable car hire company based @ LHR), and whereupon the car hire company insisted that - along with the plastic version of my UK Driving License - I must also provide them with the 'paper counterfoil' to it as well, i.e. before they would hire me a car!
Needless to say I didn't have this 'paper counterfoil' (
and / or don't ever remember having it) and so I proffered them my (plastic) UAE Driving License instead and, hey presto (
and with no need for any bits of paper to back it up) a few minutes later I was on my way in a hired car.
The irony that my (plastic) UAE Driving License was issued entirely on the back of me holding a (plastic) UK Driving License was evidently lost upon them... they were simply following zee orders... you really couldn't make it up.
