And so did I. I have even heard from the Transito terrestre Dept. that if you have a prorroga of your tourist card you are allowed to drive
At the end of all days, I think it is better to aim at getting the Dominican driver's license ASAP. Driving under questionable legal circumstances may end up putting one at mercy of all sorts of legal games in case of an accident.
I remember seeing some of the excitement quickly fade away off that officer's face as I tendered him my Dominican driver's license at my crash site in Bani. Having one's papers in order (all of them), gets one an edge over most locals and many foreigners too. It detracts the attention from one and rather directs it the other party... who's missing his license, insurance papers or registration and has all sorts of explanations and is quickly loosing credibility.
Two limousines crash into another somewhere on Miami Beach. Out of one crawls the local Archbishop and out of the other one comes the Rabbi of Miami. Both surprised to meet face on.
The Rabbi greats the Bishop and says that it must have been a sign of God to have brought the two together in such a manner. The Bishop agrees and they become friendly, chatting while waiting for the police to show up. The Bishop decides that this should be celebrated and pulls out a nice bottle of wine and says a toast to commemorate the happy encounter. After taking a good slug out of the bottle he hands it over to the Rabbi who however replies, that he'd love too accept, but prefers to wait until the police has come and made it's report and checked for each driver's alcohol levels.
That was a joke a Rabbi in Palm Beach told me... always try to keep an edge!
... J-D.