3 hours ago, webfact said:

Having no registration plate 500 baht

So when I travel to the beach, I'll pay that and be able to escape the speeding tickets which average 1000 baht per trip. 

How about not wearing a crash hat.

13 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

So when I travel to the beach, I'll pay that and be able to escape the speeding tickets which average 1000 baht per trip. 

who pays speeding tickets ?

In the mail, file them in the bin

Roadside stop, open your wallet and show you have only 80 baht

or if really <deleted>, give them a bag of 1s, 5s, and 10 baht coins , mixed, and say all i got

They love that so much, they let you on your way 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Finally, they said that there was a 500 baht fine for overtaking on the left a practice known as undertaking. 

What's  the fine for  sitting in the outside  land doing 80kph for  kilometere after kilometer especially fruit  growers and ARMY vehicles?

3 hours ago, shady86 said:

as if the road belongs to them?

No "as  if"  about it, it  does  belong to them.

The list is really pointless as the RTP is just as guilty as motorists in disobeying road laws

Near me a police motorcycle pulls up on the footpath outside a bank with his

hazard lights flashing and procedes to ATM 

As for "scary driving" this law would be------- in Thailand

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

That's of course misleading, because undertaking is allowed if there is more than one lane.

Are you sure?

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Driving like a farang...1000 baht, it really confuses the locals when you do the right thing.

And can be very dangerous. I know a foreigner who stopped at a zebra crossing to wave someone across, to be hit by an undertaking motorcycle. Leave your alien driving at home.

Just now, Neeranam said:

And can be very dangerous. I know a foreigner who stopped at a zebra crossing to wave someone across, to be hit by an undertaking motorcycle. Leave your alien driving at home.

I have done that too, some poor old guy carrying something heavy....... thank heavens he didn't get hurt.

7 minutes ago, Caneda said:

Are you sure?

Yes, section 45 (2): http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Road_Traffic_Act_BE_2522_(1979).pdf

I was told a long time ago the fine for using the phone while driving was 2000 baht.

Wat happened to that one?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Many people in Thailand claim that this is legal, notes Thaivisa, perhaps because of its prevalence.

Actually this explains a lot.  My guess is that less than 5% of the population has every had formal driver training and most have never learned the rules of the road.
What happens instead is the blind leading the blind.  One totally ignorant Thai teaches another ignorant Thai how to drive without any skill at all.  And then that becomes the anecdotal "law" that others follow.

Passing on the left is ok.
Passing on blind corners and hills is ok.
If you pull into oncoming traffic that oncoming traffic must yield.  Everybody know this!  Ok.

It's very evident that Thais have limit driving skill and most of what they know is wrong. 

23 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Yes, section 45 (2): http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Road_Traffic_Act_BE_2522_(1979).pdf

Ah yes.  Thanks.  Totally new to me.

4 minutes ago, connda said:

Passing on the left is ok.

Apparently it is.  Provided there are enough lanes.

4 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

 

Is that when a ghost is behind the wheel .. 

And they've missed out barrel rolling the motor and flattening power poles with it .. 

On Thai roads, statistically every 12th driver will soon be a ghost !

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Undertaking is one of the quickest ways to a date with the undertaker...

 

I have read in the road traffic laws that it is allowed if you undertake on a separate properly marked lane, so that point needs clarifying.

30 minutes ago, Caneda said:

45 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Yes, section 45 (2): http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Road_Traffic_Act_BE_2522_(1979).pdf

 

30 minutes ago, Caneda said:

Ah yes.  Thanks.  Totally new to me.

So what's the fine all about then?

4 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

What is the fine for a policeman riding on the footpath without a crash helmet?

Zilch, 

2 hours ago, Caneda said:

Are you sure?

Yes

1 hour ago, Dellboy218 said:

I have read in the road traffic laws that it is allowed if you undertake on a separate properly marked lane, so that point needs clarifying.

Therein lies the problem, undertaking in a separate lane is lawful, undertaking in the same lane IS NOT, a normal practice for 99% of motor cycle riders and they wonder why they get cleaned-up on a regular basis. 

Seen a lot of these things just today; and tomorrow or any other day will be no different !

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

Yes, section 45 (2): http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Road_Traffic_Act_BE_2522_(1979).pdf

Thanks for that but I don't understand the bit about 'only when there is no other conveyance following behind'. Does that mean that in most cases it wouldn't be legal?

 

I tend to drive in the right hand lane and overtake on the left because that's what everyone does. I do sometimes pull over to the left, especially if there's little other traffic.

 

It might help if the left hand lane was better constructed. I've always assumed the poor state of the left hand lane was because that's where they make savings to pay the 'commission'

It's about time. I see Thai people breaking traffic rules everyday.

1 hour ago, kimamey said:

Thanks for that but I don't understand the bit about 'only when there is no other conveyance following behind'. Does that mean that in most cases it wouldn't be legal?

I had a look at the Thai version, it says you may not overtake in the left lane if somebody else is driving in this lane close behind, even in Thai the wording is a bit odd. Basically it just means that you have to make sure that the left lane is free and you aren't cutting somebody off when you are going to undertake somebody in front of you, common sense for most of us I think.

 

1 hour ago, kimamey said:

It might help if the left hand lane was better constructed. I've always assumed the poor state of the left hand lane was because that's where they make savings to pay the 'commission'

I think that's just because the big trucks drive mainly in the left lane, so this gets used much more than the right lane(s).

 

Just goes to show that the tea money must be getting really low due to this pandemic.... 

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Having no licence to show 200 baht

 

This is a much appreciated reduction from the prices charged in the last few years for us farang. Things are looking up

7 hours ago, connda said:

Actually this explains a lot.  My guess is that less than 5% of the population has every had formal driver training and most have never learned the rules of the road.
 

 

I think they're all well aware of the rules but the enforcement just doesn't exist in any meaningful way. Case in point: In any sane mind, a red light is a mandatory stop. In Thailand, it's just seen as a suggestion.

I used to view the extra costs of being a farang car driver as acceptable considering the pitance paid in road tax. Several times, on motorcycles, I got a minor fine; and a receipt that enabled me to not receve any further fines for the same offence that day. When I got a new car, with a red plate, I wasn't allowed to drive it at night for 3 months. Ŝāy mị̀ t̄hūk; 

Going by the list, 

Looks like DUI ( drunk driver) is not a penalty cause...?

 

Not much I see about fines for  speeding listed either, but potentially a no license plate can be a saving in a longer journey since there is an increasing number of speed cameras ( likely 50% not working though)...

 

Fine for hitting a policeman and dragging and killing him?

 

14 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

policeman riding on the footpath without a crash helmet

Yes, it is fine for a policeman to ride on the footpath without a helmet and ????