我只是短期到加州旅游，想自己租车开一下，只有
中国驾照
网上关于这个的说法蛮多，不过不太统一
虽然很多有实际经验的人信誓旦旦说肯定可以，
而很多说不可以的人往往是根据他们的“
中国道路和
美国不一样"的主观臆断
但为了
保险起见（被抓了就麻烦）
还是想问下这里有没有达人是有实际的经验，比如自己租过或知道朋友租过，或者在哪里的法律条文上看到过
网上很多人说如果驾照没有英文版本的需要去翻译
可是我的新版驾照是 每个栏目（比如name，expire date）有英文，但栏目的内容（比如我的名字）是全部中文的
这种还需要翻译和公证吗？
还有一个问题就是
自驾车走加州的一号公路真的从LA到SF方向比从SF到LA方向的游览乐趣少很多吗？
就是因为离海边远一点，看风景不方便，停车不方便？
两个方向的车道应该是紧挨一起的吧？
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