johnmell Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Can a thai national drive a car into Laos easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 have not done it myself, every time we cross the border at Nong Khai we take a taxi, but I have read that it is relatively easy. One needs to get a car passport, a quick search returned this. until such time that other who know more about the subject, read this https://www.google.com/search?q=car+pasport+thailand&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS736US736&oq=car+pasport+thailand&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.8745j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337markus Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Can a thai national drive a car into Laos easily. Where can you find a Thai who can drive competently????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Can't be hard. Nong Khai always has a queue of Thai cars going over. As written in prev. post, a "car pass" and the "T" sticker officially required. Normal ("5yr" or lifetime) Thai driving license are acknowledged. Temporary licenses officially not. I don't know whether there is additional paperwork needed if car is driven by other person than the owner as shown in car registration? Opposite direction also works fine. Always Lao registered cars up here. Central shopping car park in Udon: always a few SUVs with Lao registration. Hiso shopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMarKable Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 This link should help http://isaan.com/how-to-cross-your-car-from-thailand-to-laos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 31 minutes ago, ReMarKable said: This link should help http://isaan.com/how-to-cross-your-car-from-thailand-to-laos/ Good advice. And as I remembered: if owner is not with the car then a power of attorney needed. In case you haven't checked about the "visa" requirements: How far into Laos and how long is traveling planned? Does the Thai person travel with ID card only or have a passport? (if that is clear just forget the questions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmell Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Thanks for the replies. My thai wife would be driving. She has a passport, and is the car owner. Has thai driving license, insurance etc. Would be going from Mukdahan to Savannakhet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordblackader Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 You need to make sure you have a car passport which you can ONLY get in the car in unencumbered - that is, it's owned outright without any finance. T on the back and you are required to buy insurance on the Laos side to drive though. Not that hard once you have your paperwork in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yes, the answer is yes that a Thai person can drive a car in Laos provided they hold a Thai driving license. Latter being these days so-called ASEAN licenses (that‘s the reason why the credit card format now comes also in English). As far as using a Thai registered vehicle on Lao territory; please refer to earlier postings. I wrote down a complete itinerary on what to do if you want to drive a Thai plated car in all those different ASEAN countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 3 hours ago, johnmell said: Thanks for the replies. My thai wife would be driving. She has a passport, and is the car owner. Has thai driving license, insurance etc. Would be going from Mukdahan to Savannakhet. That sounds easy. Is it her first time driving on the right side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 3 hours ago, johnmell said: Thanks for the replies. My thai wife would be driving. She has a passport, and is the car owner. Has thai driving license, insurance etc. Would be going from Mukdahan to Savannakhet. No offence, but if you are only doing the above, why bother? The bus or tuk tuk the other side of the bridge is a 5 minute ride into town. Now if you are making a road trip into the hinterlands of Laos on a 2 week holiday, i fully understand and i take back everything i just said. Edit. Mukdahan is a 3-4 hour jouney for me in my truck, i have done this journey 7-8 times solo, and i always park the truck up at the Thai side, secure parking area. Never bother driving myself into SVNKT. Bus or tuk tuk every time. Quick, cheap & painless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 The roads are appalling there , just the main roads are tarmac , everything else is dirt tracks and also driving on the other side of the road . You can get a bus from the border to the city for 20 Baht or Mukdahan to Savanakhet for 50 Baht and Savankhet is small enough to walk around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmell Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yes, Driving down to Mukdahan from Nakhon Phanom , then going to Savanakhet for one night, so best idea is to leave the car overnight in Thailand, and use bus or tuk tuk. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 15 hours ago, 1337markus said: Can a thai national drive a car into Laos easily. Where can you find a Thai who can drive competently????? Incompetent driving ..IS the easy way ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cereal Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 17 hours ago, lordblackader said: You need to make sure you have a car passport which you can ONLY get in the car in unencumbered - that is, it's owned outright without any finance. T on the back and you are required to buy insurance on the Laos side to drive though. Not that hard once you have your paperwork in order. This. I live in Laos with my wife and we have our car paperwork in order to drive over to Thailand. The car needs to have insurance to drive on the Thai side of the border. It's a little time consuming to get (what isn't?) but it's not difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4Life Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 21 hours ago, johnmell said: Thanks for the replies. My thai wife would be driving. She has a passport, and is the car owner. Has thai driving license, insurance etc. Would be going from Mukdahan to Savannakhet. Make sure you get Lao insurance or you'll likely get nabbed. You can buy it at Tokyo Ins. on the right just after you pass through the Lao immigration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanB Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 How to block the low beam assymetrical head light when driving in right hand traffic with a thai car? On old cars you could glue a piece of black plastic on the outside of glass cover, but how to do on the projector lamps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.