Forgot to pay a traffic ticket

[hasitha77]

I was fined for speeding on highway 1 (3 tickets on the same day same highway ????) few months ago but the traffic ticket came by the post after 1 1/2 months later. So I just had about 1-2 weeks to pay the fine before it was expired. Somehow I forgot to pay the fine and its almost 3 weeks passed now. 
I usually pay the fines via online banking, since the traffic ticket is expired, it cannot be done. I would like to know, does anyone gone through this? Do I have to pay an extra fine for the delayed period? or go to any police station? 
Also I happened read a post about paying remaining fines at your vehicle tax renewal. Is it really possible?

[transam]

In Ubon, you must deal with the cops to pay fines, the Road tax office has info about outstanding fines on their system and will point it out to go to the police station, then come back with the paid fine chit.

But, other offices may differ. 

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, hasitha77 said:

I was fined for speeding on highway 1

I learned that you can NOT pay highway tickets at the police station.

Only "local" tickets (issued by local police).

No other way than paying at terribly crowded Krungthai bank.

I didn't find a way to pay online, not even at the ATM if you don't have a Krungthai account.

 

I guess your tickets have the Krungthai logo, sent by Krungthai?

Can't tell what to do with overdue tickets.

Try your luck at Krungthai.

 

[hasitha77]

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

I guess your tickets have the Krungthai logo, sent by Krungthai?

Can't tell what to do with overdue tickets.

Try your luck at Krungthai.

Yah I haven't tried with the bank yet. Hope they accept overdue ticket payments. 

[teacherclaire]

22 minutes ago, hasitha77 said:

Yah I haven't tried with the bank yet. Hope they accept overdue ticket payments. 

Yep, these tickets can't be paid at the cops. I just recently did a red light and got my ticket with photo and wanted to pay the 500 baht at the local police station.

 

   The cop sent me to Krung Thai. They know how to solve the problem, better do it now. 

[teacherclaire]

5 hours ago, transam said:

In Ubon, you must deal with the cops to pay fines, the Road tax office has info about outstanding fines on their system and will point it out to go to the police station, then come back with the paid fine chit.

But, other offices may differ. 

Some things have changed, sir. Such tickets like speeding, red light, etc have to be paid at Krung Thai bank now. 

[KhunBENQ]

Good luck that your Krungthai branch is not as terribly crowded as here.

And they seem to have different queue tickets for different purposes.

There is a "quick" queue for the teller/payments.

[wprime]

16 hours ago, hasitha77 said:

I was fined for speeding on highway 1 (3 tickets on the same day same highway ????) few months ago but the traffic ticket came by the post after 1 1/2 months later. So I just had about 1-2 weeks to pay the fine before it was expired. Somehow I forgot to pay the fine and its almost 3 weeks passed now. 
I usually pay the fines via online banking, since the traffic ticket is expired, it cannot be done. I would like to know, does anyone gone through this? Do I have to pay an extra fine for the delayed period? or go to any police station? 
Also I happened read a post about paying remaining fines at your vehicle tax renewal. Is it really possible?

 

Unfortunately it's too late to pay the fine. You're stuck with the money now, there's very little you can do once the fine is expired, you'll just have to keep the money.

[petermik]

I paid a red light ticket at the Post Office last year...don`t know if things have changed since then

[Pilotman]

why are so many people jumping red lights?  Speeding I can kind of understand in certain circumstances, but jumping reds is plain stupid. Am I missing something here?  

[petermik]

7 hours ago, Pilotman said:

why are so many people jumping red lights?  Speeding I can kind of understand in certain circumstances, but jumping reds is plain stupid. Am I missing something here?  

An error on my part...mistakes do happen and no one is perfect except perhaps?

[Pilotman]

1 minute ago, petermik said:

An error on my part...mistakes do happen and no one is perfect except perhaps?

I'm still confused, how do you jump a red light 'in error'?   

[hasitha77]

1 minute ago, Pilotman said:

I'm still confused, how do you jump a red light 'in error'?   

Simply cannot stop in time. Too late to step on the break.  Misjudgment of the speed.  
Luckily I haven't had a red light ticket yet ????

[spidermike007]

Incorrect. There does not seem to be a centralized system in place. Yet. My wife and I have received over 30 speeding tickets. We paid the first one. And they kept coming. We average 110-120kph on a good highway. I think that is a safe speed, and some of the speeds that they promised to change, at 90kph are dumb. We stopped paying the tickets long ago. Since then, we have renewed both our drivers licenses, and the car registration. No issues at all. 

Edited January 19, 2021 by spidermike007

[hotandsticky]

24 minutes ago, hasitha77 said:

Simply cannot stop in time. Too late to step on the break.  Misjudgment of the speed.  
Luckily I haven't had a red light ticket yet ????

 

 

I had one; on my motorbike on the hill at Pratumnak traffic lights. I followed a couple of Thais in the 'overspill' lane and the policeman just over the brow of the hill ignored the Thais and pulled me up.  An unnecessary trip to soi 9 police station and 1,000 Baht - entirely my fault.

[hasitha77]

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

Incorrect. There does not seem to be a centralized system in place. Yet. My wife and I have received over 30 speeding tickets. We paid the first one. And they kept coming. We average 110-120kph on a good highway. I think that is a safe speed, and some of the speeds that they promised to change, at 90kph are dumb. We stopped paying the tickets long ago. Since then, we have renewed both our drivers licenses, and the car registration. No issues at all. So, my advice is do not pay them, and do not support a silly and draconian system. 

I was waiting to hear this from someone. 
For my case, I also paid the first ticket from the same trip which came earlier. Its good then I forgot to pay the rest of tickets came later. 

[Yorkshire Tea]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

I'm still confused, how do you jump a red light 'in error'?   

If you go through on amber, but light turns red before you exit the junction, you get a ticket.   Timing between amber & red varies with different traffic lights.

[petermik]

9 hours ago, petermik said:

I paid a red light ticket at the Post Office last year...don`t know if things have changed since then

 

9 hours ago, petermik said:

An error on my part...mistakes do happen and no one is perfect except perhaps?

 

8 hours ago, Pilotman said:

I'm still confused, how do you jump a red light 'in error'?   

 

7 hours ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

If you go through on amber, but light turns red before you exit the junction, you get a ticket.   Timing between amber & red varies with different traffic lights.

Thanks Yorkshire Tea...but I reckon Mr Pilot will still not be satisfied....

[samtab]

I am still wondering why anybody would pay a fine ?

I haven't since 20 years and can still renew tax yearly...

how ridiculous ?!

 

[hotandsticky]

6 minutes ago, samtab said:

I am still wondering why anybody would pay a fine ?

I haven't since 20 years and can still renew tax yearly...

how ridiculous ?!

 

 

 

That arguably makes you a criminal for evading a fine that is properly due. Your good fortune rests solely in the fact tat Thailand has not yet managed to get it's act together with an integrated system.

 

 

That said, I shall now ignore my latest speeding fine to see if you are right ????

[hasitha77]

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

That said, I shall now ignore my latest speeding fine to see if you are right ????

I heard that they have made some updates on their system and links with department land transportation last year. Be careful.
 

 

1 hour ago, samtab said:

I haven't since 20 years and can still renew tax yearly...

 Have you had any unpaid traffic ticket issued since oct 2019 and still able to renew vehicle tax? 

[ChrisKC]

6 hours ago, Pilotman said:

why are so many people jumping red lights?  Speeding I can kind of understand in certain circumstances, but jumping reds is plain stupid. Am I missing something here?  

No, not missing a thing, Westerners taking on Thai culture - they get away with it, why not others?

 

Not my way, I prefer to take the lesser risk of stopping at red lights. I never get traffic tickets - I wonder why?

Edited January 19, 2021 by ChrisKC
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[HashBrownHarry]

6 hours ago, Pilotman said:

why are so many people jumping red lights?  Speeding I can kind of understand in certain circumstances, but jumping reds is plain stupid. Am I missing something here?  

Why are so many people paying the fines?

 

Thai's don't or very few do...fact.

[Pilotman]

2 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

Why are so many people paying the fines?

 

Thai's don't or very few do...fact.

maybe because anything that draws attention to yourself here can be a very bad thing and can turn around and bite you at any time.  I was told by a friend who had lived here for many years, to adopt the 'grey man' persona and stay in the background of and in everything.  Good advice I think. 

[Kurtf]

Whoa. You mean the Thai police actually enforced a traffic law? Wow. I am shocked

[ChrisKC]

14 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

maybe because anything that draws attention to yourself here can be a very bad thing and can turn around and bite you at any time.  I was told by a friend who had lived here for many years, to adopt the 'grey man' persona and stay in the background of and in everything.  Good advice I think. 

This is very good advice. There are plenty of "potholes" for the unwary to fall into in Thailand, why go looking for them?

Edited January 19, 2021 by ChrisKC
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[Kurtf]

43 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

No, not missing a thing, Westerners taking on Thai culture - they get away with it, why not others?

 

Not my way, I prefer to take the lesser risk of stopping at red lights. I never get traffic tickets - I wonder why?

In Thailand, I was under the impression based on Thai drivers that red lights were only suggestions.

[ChrisKC]

4 minutes ago, Kurtf said:

In Thailand, I was under the impression based on Thai drivers that red lights were only suggestions.

 

4 minutes ago, Kurtf said:

In Thailand, I was under the impression based on Thai drivers that red lights were only suggestions.

You are right, which is why I think it is still a risk to stop at a red light as the driver behind me thinks I will not and the plan is to follow me over and might ram my backside. Never happened actually!

[Saraburi121]

Paid a ticket sent to me via mail at the main post office in Pak Chong. Gave me a receipt.  Village branch post office looked at me like I had three eyeballs when I asked to pay there.   Why did I pay the ticket?  Because it is what is required by law and I try to follow them no matter whether enforced or not.  One day maybe it will be enforced to pay then the message boards will be full of complaints.

[flexomike]

On 1/18/2021 at 4:58 PM, hasitha77 said:

I was fined for speeding on highway 1 (3 tickets on the same day same highway ????) few months ago but the traffic ticket came by the post after 1 1/2 months later. So I just had about 1-2 weeks to pay the fine before it was expired. Somehow I forgot to pay the fine and its almost 3 weeks passed now. 
I usually pay the fines via online banking, since the traffic ticket is expired, it cannot be done. I would like to know, does anyone gone through this? Do I have to pay an extra fine for the delayed period? or go to any police station? 
Also I happened read a post about paying remaining fines at your vehicle tax renewal. Is it really possible?

damn boy, you better learn to slow down a little