Today Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford and Deputy Chief of Mission Hiroyasu Izumi of the Japanese Embassy signed a driver’s license reciprocity agreement. The signed agreement allows Japanese citizens living in Maryland to skip the driving and written licensing exams if they are already licensed to drive in Japan. It gives the same option to Maryland residents living in Japan. This agreement will be effective on January 1, 2016. As we get closer to that date, a bulletin will be sent to Field Operations with the specific procedures to follow.
Maryland has similar driver’s license reciprocity agreements with France, the Republic of Korea (South), the Federal Republic of Germany, and Taiwan (Republic of China). The agreement applies only to non-commercial driver’s licenses and still requires drivers in Maryland to pay the associated fees and pass a vision test. Drivers also will have to take a three-hour-long drug and alcohol course as required by statute for anyone obtaining a Maryland driver’s license from outside the country.
This reciprocity agreement is another indication of Maryland’s strong partnership with Japan and I would like to thank all the MVA employees who worked hard to finalize this agreement.
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What idiocy!
ReplyDeleteMD allows reciprocity with foreign countries on drivers license but reciprocity of CCW permits between states. Why? This is the stupidity of the Politians in Annapolis.
ReplyDeleteGood chance you ain't going to Japan in your life time....
ReplyDeleteI got a Japanese driver's license when stationed in Japan. Driving on the left was something to get used to, but Japanese traffic was very civilized and polite. Socially acceptable order is something that the Japanese have over us.
ReplyDeleteThis is simply Bullsh!t. Shame on you Larry Hogan for allowing this crap. More and more every day I wonder why I even voted for this Goof! First he demands the return of license plates of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and now he allows reciprocity for wrong side of the road Japanese drivers!! What is the purpose. This is even a loss of revenue for the State.
ReplyDeleteYou people really are retarded. Nuff said.
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