FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE:

We arrived on August 10th on a B2 visa, bought a car on August 13th we got insurance with our UK Driving License. Cost around $1200 for 6 months for both of us.

We went down to the License Center in Kissimmee, only to be told after 3 hours of waiting that we didn't need a license because our UK license would be ok, and that we would have to re-new it every time our visa expired.

On April 1 this year, i was stopped by a Sheriff for a rolling stop at a stop sign.

he gave me a ticket of $114.50 and also a citation to appear before the Courts on May 4 (tomorrow)because as he stated on the citation - "fail to obtain a florida driver license within 30 days of employment" the reason i have this is because i own a business, although i do not work because i am not allowed. i explained this to the Sheriff and he would not listen. i took my theroy on april 4, and phoned the test center on OBT to book an appointment. The earliest available was June 15th. so i took this time, phoned the Court up because it states at the bottom of the page - "if charged with a drivers license of tag violation, there may be alternatives available to you without appearing in court. please contact the clerks office prior to your scheduled court date at *** *** ****"
i was told that i still have to appear. I took my test last week after standing in line from 4am to just gone 4pm. I passed this - pretty easy in the end nothing like the English test!
But tomorrow i will be in Court at 8am to see what they are going to hand out to me.