Re: Complex problem
EU countries accept driving licences from the US, Australia, etc. without problem.
Sure. There are mutual recognition agreements between them. This is the exact reason why UK license will NOT be recognized. There is NO mutual recognition agreement. It will be in the "yet to be signed" queue and (surprise, surprise) UK has not signed and ratified the relevant conventions to get an automatic recognition (at least Vienna convention of 1968, probably more).
By the way, the recognition of licenses is the LEAST of the worries for a driver post BrExit. Private drivers have the workaround of getting an international license so there is a way around it (albeit annoying and painful).
The big Bugbear is the insurance. There is a mutual recognition agreement for 3rd party liability insurance in Europe which is beyond Eu. Non-Eu and non-EEA countries like Serbia, Monte Negro, etc participate in it and agree to the same final arbiter. That arbiter is the same as for Open Sky agreement. It is called ECJ. According to stated policy by UK government this is red line. So based on current red lines, any car with a UK registration stops being street legal in the rest of Eu on BrExit date. No ifs, no buts, no coconuts.
In addition to that, at least several European countries mandate access to MOT databases and ability to check that a car has a valid MOT as an additional requirement. If UK fails to agree data equivalence with Eu _AND_ associated states/states in the process of a joining application after BrExit any British car is non-street legal and non-legal to cross a number of borders in Europe.
And so on and so fourth. As a driver who traverses all of Europe multiple times a year (mostly for fun - go and see places) I can summarize it. The executive summary is - ROYALLY SCREWED.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
