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Road Safety Authority warns drivers permits must be exchanged by end of the year .
The Minister for Transport has said it is "disturbing" that over half the people who hold UK driving licences in Ireland have not exchanged them for an Irish driving licence as the Brexit deadline approaches.
Are we getting Brexit done?
05/01/2023
The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?
British travellers face challenges this year not only from the Covid crisis, but also the effects of Brexit. Here’s the lowdown.
Brexifornia: Checking out but never leaving
08/06/2020
Brexit will never be over.
Rishi Sunak plans to rip up remaining EU laws by the end of the year left on the statute book after Brexit - but experts worry that any relaxation in seatbelt rules will discourage people from wearing them.
UK’s exit from EU ‘no doubt will have been a factor’, transport secretary concedes.
Brexiteer Lord David Frost predicts cars will soon be banned. He’s just as accurate as ever
02/08/2022
he man who wants to rip up his own deal with Europe is wrong about our absolute right to drive. / Lord Frost, negotiator of the disastrous 2019 Brexit withdrawal agreement, is now turning his dubious capacity for foresight to the future of the car.
"The British government has left us out in the cold," says Terence Knott. He's the man behind EUBritizens, an action group of British people living in Europe whose lives have changed dramatically due to Brexit.
Brits with homes in the EU have been told they cannot drive through France to get there because of new Covid travel rules – and, implicitly, Brexit.
Up to 1 million British people living in the EU may have to take new driving tests after a no-deal Brexit if they do not exchange their UK licence for a European one before 29 March, the government has said.
Thousands face not having a valid permit after lack of deal between UK and France and flood of applications.
Britons in Spain to protest over Brexit change to licence rules that has left them stranded
18/09/2022
Brits in Spain are asking ‘how is it fair that an 18-year-old British tourist can come over here and rent a car at an airport, but I cannot drive?’
Bumper Brexit? Drivers with Welsh flag number plates to be forced to use ‘UK’ sticker when abroad
26/09/2021
Number plates in Wales displaying the Welsh dragon or Cymru symbols will be forced to add new ‘UK’ stickers when driving abroad.
Car drivers face two-hour queues at Dover and Folkestone from January – and even longer waits in summer
06/11/2020
A new report from the National Audit Office reveals the range of possible issues from 1 January 2021.
Boris Johnson’s planned cuts will worsen delays on passports and driving licences, union warns.
As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit scenario increases, and the government publishes its “no-deal preparedness” notices, it is worth taking stock of the sheer variety of problems that would arise with a no-deal Brexit – and the devastating consequences that would arise from such a legal limbo. Here’s what we know so far.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says we should ignore an EU push for speed limiters in cars - but it has the potential to save more lives than seat belts.
The new law protects vulnerable road users and comes into force on Monday.
DfT refuses to say who made decision as it would breach election ‘purdah’ rules.
UK nationals who have lived in Spain for more than six months will no longer be able to use their DVLA-issued licences.
Foreign Office advises British people living in EU to give up their UK driving licences to prepare for Brexit
22/01/2019
Embassies suggest people exchange British licences for local version before deadline.
Brits taking their cars out of the country can no longer use their ‘GB’ car stickers, as their validity ended on 28 September. Instead, they will have to get a new ‘UK’ version.
Getting ready for changes - Communication on readiness at the end of the transition period between the European Union and the United Kingdom (European Commission)
09/07/2020
Even if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude a highly ambitious partnership covering all areas agreed in the Political Declaration by the end of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU acquis, the internal market and the Customs Union, at the end of the transition period will inevitably create barriers to trade and cross-border exchanges that do not exist today.
Government considering using Brexit "freedoms" to ditch EU car safety measures designed to protect cyclists
07/02/2022
Britain may use Brexit "freedoms" to ditch planned EU car safety regulations designed to better protect pedestrians and cyclists, the government has said.
The government has said it could use its new Brexit "freedoms" to ditch planned EU car safety regulations. / Package of measures aimed to reduce head injuries and pedestrian deaths.
Moveable concrete barrier to replace the chaotic Operation Brock no-deal Brexit system to manage traffic jams on the M20.
More than half a million permits which may be required to drive abroad after Brexit have been bought since February, according to Government figures.
500 applications per day being made for Irish permits, RSA confirms.
Thousands of British nationals may have to take a test to be able to keep driving in France.
Long tailbacks as Brexit lorry operation to slow parts of major motorway to 30mph overruns
28/10/2019
Motorists brand works in preparation for potential no-deal queues ‘chaos’ and ‘complete waste of time’.
'Kent deserves better than being turned into a car park because of Boris Johnson’s reckless unwillingness to take a no-deal off the table,' say Lib Dems.
Another Brexit-related driving change is on the way in 2022, with an extra licence required to bring a van or large car trailer from the UK into an EU country. Here's how the new rule works and who it will affect.
New rules for driving in Europe since Brexit
26/05/2021
As overseas travel restrictions ease, holidaymakers planning to drive to the continent are being advised on the new rules in the post-Brexit world.
"A complete waste of time and money" - but it will take 48 hours to stand down Operation Brock.
No-deal Brexit: 10 ways it could affect you
01/08/2019
How could you be affected if the UK does leave the EU without an agreement?
Reduction aims to alleviate congestion at Portsmouth as government contingency planning assumes 70% of lorries will not be ‘border-ready’.
A plan to manage traffic congestion on a Kent motorway has come into force as part of plans for a no-deal Brexit.
More than 71,000 people have transferred their UK driving licences to Irish versions due to Brexit.
Port’s CEO Doug Bannister warns MPs that checkpoint times for motorists leaving the UK could increase seven-fold.
Trade Secretary urged to exclude US cars.
Spain and UK struggle to reach post-Brexit agreement on driving licences, causing stress and family rows
19/11/2022
Thousands of British expats are unable to obtain driving licences – and some say the isolation and difficulty of not being able to drive has harmed their health.
The odds of crashing out of the EU with No-Deal are rising - and here's why that's a bit of a worry.
With a month to go, here is everything you need to know about travel in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
This is the poorly-thought-through drivel Brexit campaigners are trying to use to manipulate the public
15/08/2018
A press release from the campaign group Get Britain Out analysed and debunked.
Travel after Brexit: How holidays to Europe have changed, from passport rules to data roaming
31/01/2023
Three years on from our departure from the EU, UK travellers face more delays and paperwork when travelling to Europe – and 2023 will bring new checks
Rules on travelling to and from European Union countries will change on 1 January 2021.
UK Ambassador urges British residents in Romania to get new post-Brexit residence documents… and a Romanian driving license
04/11/2021
British Ambassador Andrew Noble has appealed to thousands of UK nationals in Romania to get their new post-Brexit residence documents before the Dec. 31 deadline and apply for a Romanian driving license.
There are new rules causing serious problems in France, Spain and Italy.
Extra documentation is likely to affect a large number of drivers in Northern Ireland and the Republic who frequently cross the border.
British drivers could be stopped from travelling on the continent after Brexit because UK driving licences will no longer be recognised, the European Commission has suggested.
British licence holders living in Ireland would need to get Irish licences before 29 March.
British travellers face the worst possible outcome once the Brexit transition period ends, the government has confirmed.
Latest Brexit red tape will come into force alongside a series of further checks at Dover and other ports.
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