Drive A Red Plate Car At Night?

[Diggerbasher]

Pulled up to a friends house yesterday evening and he asked me if i knew i was breaking the law driving after dark with a red licence plate on the car.

Asked around today and apparently it's true so beware.

[phuketsiam]

yep its true, and it can take 3 months for 'legal' plate to come through

[Ajarn]

According to news reports, it will soon be a 'warning only' in Bkk...

I've never had a problem, and I've never heard of anyone having a problem with this, but it's good to know of all the possible 'problems' here, to help us in making educated decisions

[Diggerbasher]

Here in Isaan i don't think you would ever get pulled for it,but maybe the guys in Bangkok might be unlucky.

[p_brownstone]

I have been stopped several times over the years.

Not only driving after 6.00 pm, it's also illegal to drive - at any time of the day or night - outside the Province where the Red Plate is registered.

But as Ajarn says, the penalty is only a warning now - well, in theory!

Patrick

[Diggerbasher]

No driving at night.

No inter-province travel.

There goes my social life.

[sezzo]

I have heard of the no driving at night of red plated cars. I was also told that if you opt for no rego plate at all you cannot legally take your car out of the province.

Once again I have been stopped on a couple of occasions and never been asked for my local address to verify the province where I live.

[aletta]

Red plate or not it's never a good idea to drive late at night.Good chance of getting squashed by either a drunk driver or a whizzing truck driver.

[Ajarn]

Red plate or not it's never a good idea to drive late at night.Good chance of getting squashed by either a drunk driver or a whizzing truck driver.

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Around here, I'm pretty sure they stop before they whiz, but, still a drunk and whizzing truck driver might not be safe. Watch yer' shoes!

[jayenram]

Not only driving after 6.00 pm, it's also illegal to drive - at any time of the day or night - outside the Province where the Red Plate is registered.

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I think you'll find (if the car dealership is on the ball) that you will receive a "log book" with your red plate. Any travel outside the registered province requires entry into the book to comply with the "law".

[Ajarn]

Not only driving after 6.00 pm, it's also illegal to drive - at any time of the day or night - outside the Province where the Red Plate is registered.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think you'll find (if the car dealership is on the ball) that you will receive a "log book" with your red plate. Any travel outside the registered province requires entry into the book to comply with the "law".

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I never even opened that book. I assumed it was the owner's book for that red plate...

[aletta]

I'll definitely have to learn to read Thai as my wife always tells me the documents in the car are nothing important,not to worry.