Driving School In Buri Ram

[Disting]

Does anyone know of any sort of driving school in the Buri Ram area. Have not seen anything in my time here but maybe somebody has.

Thanks

[JBL]

learn to drive in LOS????

Sorry I didnt know it was required

[Thaddeus]

learn to drive in LOS????

Sorry I didnt know it was required

It isn't .... but it should be.

[macb]

At the X roads where the old Electricity offices used to be travel towards town centre at the next x roads carry straight on there is or used to be a driving school on the right just over the x roads, they used an old pick up but it did have dual controls !!! whether this was the Fred Flintstone method I am not sure

[dkstoney]

Driving school? PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:cheesy::cheesy::cheesy:

[kamalabob2]

Great Driving School in Buriram:

The woman owner of Moon River floating restaurant in Satuk recommended a fantastic driving school in Buriram that my wife attended. We checked tonight and the current cost is 2700 baht for 7 two hour driving lessons in a manual transmission single steering wheel truck. The woman owner is "Khun Pad" and her current phone number is 087-874-3169. Her "office" is in a wooden shop house on "Sunthornthep Road" opposite Wat Klang. This is a main road in Buriram. Coming from Satuk we turn RIGHT at the junction with traffic lights at the old abandoned high rise hotel heading into downtown Buriram. You go over the bridge and the shop is on the left side in the FIRST block AFTER the main road you would turn to left go to KFC or Home Mart. Do NOT turn left to go to KFC, go straight and it is in the first block on your left hand side.

This driving teacher will take her student in her truck to the Buriram Land Transport Office and allow them to use her vehicle for the driving test. She gives the student a poor photo copy of a 45 baht driving book. There are various Thai driving books at any Thai book Store. When you go into her shop house you see many photos of previous students. My wife had never driving a car or truck prior to these lessons and it was the best 2700 baht I EVER spent in Thailand. I highly recommend Khun Pad.

[SNGLIFE]

Pay the fee and she walks away with a license.

I taught my wife how to drive and she actually did study and pass the written and driving test ala Western style. HOWEVER, upon watching everyone else on the driving course that day, it was clear that knowing how to drive is not required to pass. It was driving bleeps, boops, and blunders with everyone else. I am talking running up on the curb = pass. Hitting the cones while paralell parking = pass. Turning left without stopping at the stop sign where you need to turn right = pass.

UNLESS the supervisor is watching. Then it's less tolerated.

[farangconnection]

Pay the fee and she walks away with a license.

So everybody says..........................that is everybody except those that have actually done it.

[Disting]

Thanks for the replies.

Am really after someone to show her how to operate a car if you know what I mean. I have tried a few times but when she gets a bit flustered the language problem comes in and its hard.

Khun Pad sounds good. Just what she needs. Also easier that she will be taught by another woman.

[Disting]

Went to visit Khun Pad today. She has the old manual transmission pickup and a 1 year old automatic Honda city, may be a civic. Said she had so many people asking to learn on autos that she got the Honda. 12 hours of lessons in the Honda is 3000 baht. my missus starts tommorrow. Will post how she gets on.

[macb]

Thanks for the replies.

Am really after someone to show her how to operate a car if you know what I mean. I have tried a few times but when she gets a bit flustered the language problem comes in and its hard.

Khun Pad sounds good. Just what she needs. Also easier that she will be taught by another woman.

Went to visit Khun Pad today. She has the old manual transmission pickup and a 1 year old automatic Honda city, may be a civic. Said she had so many people asking to learn on autos that she got the Honda. 12 hours of lessons in the Honda is 3000 baht. my missus starts tommorrow. Will post how she gets on.

Did you locate the school where I said in an earlier reply ?

[Disting]

Hi Mac

Found the one in the post by Kamalabob2. Not sure if that is the same one you are talking about as I dont know where the old electricity place is or was.

[mailman]

Went to visit Khun Pad today. She has the old manual transmission pickup and a 1 year old automatic Honda city, may be a civic. Said she had so many people asking to learn on autos that she got the Honda. 12 hours of lessons in the Honda is 3000 baht. my missus starts tommorrow. Will post how she gets on.

My girlfriend did the 12 hours worth of lessons in the automatic a few weeks ago. This arrangement did not include the owner going with her to take the driving test like mentioned for the standard shift vehicle. Make sure you get that part clarified, if you are expecting that. From what I gathered, it seemed like Khun Pad was a good teacher.

[Disting]

1st lesson done today. Slight mistakein translation on the Honda. Its not a year old, she bought it a year ago. Its a fairly well worn accord i think. Early 90's model. Khun Pad has a stop that she fits under the gas pedal for first timers so the pedal will only move a small amount. She takes them out on the deserted area thats sort of behing the big wee mart. There is a big undeveloped area there that has all the road network in place, but no buildings or cars. Good area to start with the basics.

Deal on the test was that she will go with the missus in her car if we pay a bit extra for gas etc.

All seems good so far

[Gimbo]

If this Khun Phad can manage to make the missus understand why you can't make a u-turn at a place where there is a sign saying no u-turn, even if other cars are making a u-turn there, I think the 2700 baht is well spent,

I think I will check the place out :-)

[kamalabob2]

Update on Driving School Teacher: Friday Morning at 8a.m. I was at the Department of Land Transport Office in a small town called Putthaisong which is a pleasant 25 minute drive from Satuk over the Moon River on good roads. I had no problem obtaining a first time one year Motor cycle license since I had all the paperwork including an International Drivers License from AAA in America with 9 months left. The 40 baht (30 baht from a different Doctor) medical exam certificate and all the items as outlined by the Thai Visa Forum web site. My passport is only valid for four more years so the office staff was a bit thrown off and it was determined I could only obtain a ONE year auto drivers license instead of the 5 year license I would obtain if I had more time left on the passport. Not a big deal. I was the first person served at 8:30a.m. when the doors roll open since our former neighbor's nephew was in charge of the office that day. Thailand is a small Country. I had my two drivers licenses to be laminated in the insurance office next door for 10 baht each by 9a.m. I had 4 photos to obtain 2 drivers licenses. In this particular office there was not even an "color blind" eye exam necessary for either the re-newel of the auto license or the new motorcycle license. I had copies of my yellow house book to prove a place of residence.

Also there at 8a.m. was the Buriram Driving School teacher Khun Pad. She had at least one student with her and she seemed to have a real good grasp of that office and staff. My wife had a good conversation with her (no English spoken by the staff in this office other than the "Big Boss" who was not present Friday) and the big question was WHY would she bring a student all the way to Putthaisong instead of the larger and closer office in Buriram? From what I gather they now have a much more challenging DRIVING part of the test in Buriram and the DRIVING part of the test is relatively SIMPLE to pass in Putthaisong. The current prices for driving lessons from Khun Pad who has an office in a wooden shop house in Buriram on Sunthon Tep Road, just past Jira Road near Watt Klang are 2700 baht in the manual transmission very old truck or 3,000 baht in the early 90's Honda AUTOMATIC. It is an extra COST for the teacher to go to the Department of Land Transport, but I can vouch she was there EARLY, had her student(s) early in the line and for many Thai women this Government Office can be an intimidating place to operate. Khun Pad provides the ride to the office, the car to perform the driving test, stays with the student and you do not have to "pay Tea Money" when you are with Khun Pad. Perhaps one of the more current students husbands will know the price of this teacher taking the student to Buriram or Putthaisong license office.

The skipping of the color blind test could be one of the reasons that a Red traffic light can be interpreted as a Green Light for many Thai Drivers.