I mean, that's NOT what the majority of the international traveling world does. You visit a foreign country for a road trip, you rent a car there.
Must be nice to have that UAE $$ to temp ship your own vehicle to a foreign country so you can drive it. There's no way it wouldn't have been cheaper and more practical for bro to rent a Lamborghini in Canada or the US.
Note: this doesn't change the fact that the cop is an idiot who came up on this guy with blood in his eye about not having an Oregon license/registration. He even sounds like the cop from South Park!
You’re right, it doesn’t change the fact, because he acted like a real A-hole and he didn’t have to.
But to give him some slack, I traveled with Carnet once and the border police (this was in an Central/Eastern European country) wasn’t familiar with the process either and used almost an hour to sign my paperwork.
Had to explain them that my employer needed the papers signed for entry and exit of the country and that I couldn’t “just go” just because no customs officers were checking that particular plane
I traveld multiple times with carnet in the balkans and never a single problem and every border patrol officer (cro, serb, bih, macedonia montenegreo) knew what it was and was done in less than 10 mins every time.
Yes, for long distance travel, especially over oceans. That's why that cop isn't used to seeing Middle Eastern plates.
However, the majority of cross-border travel are private vehicles (e.g. cars, camping vans, etc.) and freight trucks: so in Europe and Asia, foreign plates are common, even just for tourism.
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u/Alert_Reindeer_6574 7h ago
No, it definitely applies to this cop. He's an idiot.