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The times where you could "buy" a Driver's License for 500,-
Baht are over since the ousted Prime Minister Taksin tightened the rules
for officials. To get a driver's license today, you will have to go
to the right office, usually at the municipal hall and bring the following
papers and requirements:
- Make an eye, color and reaction test.
- Guess a distance (they have a special device for that.)
- Bring a health certificate from a Thai doctor (costs only a few
Baht, easy)
- Fill out the Questionnaire; 20 Questions for motor bike, 30 for
car. You can buy an English book with all the traffic rules before
and study.
- Now you also have to prove your driving ability on a circuit with
traffic signs, crossings and you have to show how to park your car
into a parking space.
- Your passport with a Non Immigrant Visa!
- 2 pictures 35x35mm
- Health Certificate
- Certificate of residence from the Immigration Bureau (application
form download here)
- 200 Baht for issuing the license
A few tips on how to drive in Thailand:
- Thailand has left side traffic. You'll learn that quickly but watch
out when changing to another road or at night, you easily end up on
the wrong side. (If you are not used to left side)
- Do not calculate with some intelligence from the Thai side. They
start driving without looking back or caring about others. They take
over at high speed, even when there is oncoming traffic.
- If you want to turn right or left, look twice! They will overtake
you on both sides if necessary.
- If there is a crash, the foreigner is almost always in charge, sometimes
only because he is the only one to have an insurance or simply because
he is a foreigner and supposed to have enough money to pay for the
debris.
- In some traffic dense areas (tourist areas) you can witness accidents
almost on a daily basis.
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