In this article's country specific sections, the local spelling variant is used. In most international agreements the wording ' driving permit' is used, for instance in the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Such licenses are often plastic and the size of a credit card.
A Polish driving permit in the format of the standardized European driving licence style.Ī driver's license is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles-such as motorcycles, cars, trucks, or buses-on a public road.
