Thailand with a frightening consistency leading in the top news feeds on the most blood-meat accidents involving ours and not ours tourists. 50% is undoubtedly the merit of the local population who drive like the last time in life (and it often turns out full truth). But the other 50% of traffic accidents affect total pofigizm our man, who fell into a tropical paradise. we We are not looking for information “how to get Thai rights.” We are much more interested in the amount of the fine for driving without these rights.
The content of the article
- 1 Penalty for driving without a license
- 2 Fine for speeding
- 3 Cameras and radars in Phuket
- 4 Conclusions and recommendations
Contents
Penalty for driving without a license
In 2019, the fine for driving without a license in Thailand is 1000 baht for the lack of such or 400 baht for the impossibility of their provision at the time of verification. This applies to Thais who punch through the base and see if they really have rights or they They lie that they have forgotten at home.
For foreigners, a slightly different situation. If you really have right, but you left them at the hotel, then maybe you’re lucky, and the cops will give you a ride for them, leaving your pledge to themselves passport or other document. But more often just take a penalty right away.
According to various reports in the Russian and English segments Internet, fines and bribes for lack of rights can dance from 500 up to 1500 baht, it all depends on the situation. Even if you will bargain on the background of a poster with a list of fines, not the fact that you give a fixed amount. However, usually take ~ 500 baht.
The lack of the necessary category (and for scooters / bikes – this is category A) equates to driving without a license. You can somewhere meet reviews that Thais do not understand foreign rights. But not. They have long known what Russian rights look like, where there written category, and so on.
It is important to remember that Russian rights in Thailand are void. without attached IDPs and vice versa – only IDPs are not rolled without basic rights. This applies not only to bikes, but also cars, although You will be given a rental car in Russian rights. Can arguing until the blue in the face that Thailand has signed a road convention, but you can’t prove it to a Thai traffic cop. Fined for driving without rights.
In 2018, there was talk of toughening sentences for road and government violations in Thailand decided to increase the fines, in particular, for the lack of rights – a little Do not up to 50,000 baht. But as of today it is the sentence is still hanging in the air, although it may one day bang.
Speeding fine
According to various sources, for exceeding 20 km / h, cook 300 baht. speeding over 40 km / h penalty is not more than 1000 baht. To be honest, to be honest. It turns out that fines for the excess also varies, depending on how you pay and to whom
A bribe on the spot is not always cheaper than paying a police officer. plot – Thais are not fools and understand that our man is better give a hundred more on the spot than dragged somewhere in Kukeevo, communicate with police bureaucrats. Although, in fact, the procedure The payment of the fine is not so painful.
Cameras and radars in Phuket
Cameras (according to unofficial data) are set to exceed 20 km / h from the permitted. Speed limit on country roads, As a rule, they are set at 90 km / h, which means that the cameras react on you only at a speed of 110 km / h. This is unofficial information, I dug them on expat forums, which are usually up to date going on.
Maps with cameras for Thailand, and Phuket in particular, no. But their clearly visible from afar, on the main roads of Phuket with cameras radars are located on high racks, right above the lanes. Characteristic square radar boxes, as in the Russian Federation, plus – in advance are indicated on the road by appropriate road signs. A couple samples, for example, hangs at a junction near the airport and at Muang Chao Fa behind the Honda saloon.
Phuket widely used handheld radars “hair dryers” on which they catch offenders in fish places, for example in the area of Prince of Songkla University. It happens that they use tripods in special vehicles with open trunk. But in general, the sensational in 2010-2013 news of equipping Phuket with tracking cameras for racers and left foam on the water. There are many cameras on the roads, but mostly ordinary CCTV, that is, surveillance cameras.
Conclusions and recommendations
In general, as I understood, in Thailand, locals adhere to about the same framework as the Russians. That is, +20 km / h to allowed speeds usually rolled without consequences and letters happiness Cameras are usually found in large cities, such as Bangkok and Phuket. On the track, cameras are not seen at all, although this does not mean that they are not.
With rights usually fall when police officers perform a planned check by blocking one of the lanes. So look at both and subscribe to local chat rooms to keep up to date on conducted ambushes. Most of all this concerns Pattaya and Phuket, on the rest of the resorts are calm. Stop including helmet, not just to verify rights. And this is also ~ 500 baht. Cars rarely stop, mostly bikes.
The main recommendation, of course, is to come to Thailand with rights of the desired category and not drive headlong. It will save you from death or communication with the police and financial losses. Despite seeming mess, do not once again tempt fate. Well, if flew, then – Always smile. Policemen are rarely negative to farang, so we turn on the kind happy fool and politely bargain about condescension.
As an option, keep duty 200 baht under the seat of a scooter. Eliminates unnecessary conversations if you are stopped without any rights. They opened the seat and pointedly smiled. You can bribe sit down for 5 years, but never had to hear about the application of this article to the tourists.
Keep a receipt for the penalty of lack of rights so as not to pay for it on the next checkpoint. This is your travel card. present day.
If you were photographed by a stationary camera, then the fine comes at the place of registration of the car within 3-4 days. If this then the private owner will remember you with a kind word after your departure or will keep the money when you return the deposit. Well, and a world-class rolling company of the Hertz type will simply keep The amount of your frozen deposit.
There is no need to purchase antiradar. People who forked on this device, mostly having fun when he triggered by sensors opening doors in stores. Stationary Cameras are always visible in advance, plus local traffic does not have to speeding, well, from the ambush with a hair dryer you no radar will save. Slam at random and – hi.
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