Most American jurisdictions issue a permit with ' driver license' printed on it but some use 'driver's license', which is conversational American English. 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.