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sanook2me, on 2009-11-16 16:17:53, said:
Eff1n2ret, on 2009-11-16 02:45:19, said:
Not disputing your interpretation of the law, but in practice, it doesn't seem to matter. On one of our previous holidays we picked up our hire car from Suvarnaboom, and it was a brand new car, with red plates. I recall the hirer indicating some registration documents and saying that on no account should we lose them, or there would be a penalty of several thousand baht. Apart from that he mentioned no other restrictions as to daytime only use, or keeping to a restricted area. We drove it down to Rayong, used it day and night, and went to Udon Thani and back.
Now here long-term, we are due to pick up our new car from the dealers tomorrow. I'm told the red plate is theirs, and it is they who arrange the permanent registration, the fee for which appears on the invoice, and it takes about 4 weeks.
Now here long-term, we are due to pick up our new car from the dealers tomorrow. I'm told the red plate is theirs, and it is they who arrange the permanent registration, the fee for which appears on the invoice, and it takes about 4 weeks.
Yah...No bother when I was driving after dark everynight for months with my new red plates.... went through alot of check ups as they used to do a regualar stop and bribe at the top of my soi....never ever stopped me...more interested in the poor motorcyclists....
I'm sure some posters on here will have different views or massive extortion bribery stories...as always...however my experience only this year was hassle free..
Are sure the fine is THB 2000 ??....I have only ever been pulled over once for driving on red plate (in BKK) and the BIB wouldn't take the bung and ended up up in Bang Na copshop and the fine (a real one) was THB 300 or there abouts...this was only about 3 years ago...
In my experience the red plate rule only seems to be enforced in BKK, have driven in many other provinces on red plates and the BIB dont seem to be interested...or may be its just my handsome face..
What though are the Black and White police vehicles?
