Daffy D Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Got stopped the other day by police check point. Quite a big operation as they were stopping all traffic in both directions. Very polite officer comes to the window and says says they're just checking. He wanders round the front of the car and has a look at the windscreen tax stickers, all in order. He then looks down at the front number plate and then at me and indicates for me to come and have a look. Being the cynic that I have become since joining TV I thought this is the shakedown bit but surprisingly not, he points out that the plate is the wrong shape and I will have to pay 500Bt fine. They have a table set up at the road side with two officers where I go to pay the fine. The first officer gives me a receipt from an official book and then the second officer who has a foolscap size book enters more details about the incident including my fathers name and my mothers name and how old I am. All written down in the book. All very official and bureaucratic. I have to say the officers spoke reasonable English and the whole thing was professionally done, though 500Bt seems a bit steep for a wrong shape plate when something like no helmet is only 300Bt. And yes they were stopping everyone. For the technically minded the problem with the plate was that it was on one of those elongated mounts that you often see with Playboy bunny or Euro thing at either end, not the normal rectangle shape. My plate has nothing extra just the empty white space and the plate it's self had not been cut down to fit so I don't really see what the fuss is all about but TIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDRIDER Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hi dam_n if they do that in phuket they will get some money in a hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidenai Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Really a coincidence, Daffy_D. Today I've picked up the white plates of my new car and asked the Isuzu dealer to put them in white frames you were taking about. They told me that they couldn't do that as they don't sell them because they are illegal. The police will fine you, I was told. Edited November 27, 2009 by aidenai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 It may be illegal but lots of cars have them, maybe a recent clamp down thing. Lucky your dealer warned you and a brownie point for me for confirming he was not BSiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eTiMaGo Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) From what I understand, the most important thing regarding license plates is that the official stamp (i.e. the embossed circular thing next to the province name) should be easy to see, as this is basically the way they can tell if it's a fake plate. Yet, those plate covers like you have, usually leaves that part quite visible, so who knows... Just one of those things they can come up with on the spot I guess, once I was fined for crossing over two lanes on the highway without pausing in the middle lane first?!?!? What to do... smile and bear it... Also, I heard from a lot of friends who have those angled/hinged plate holders, that they were fined for those. I have such a thing on my car but never got any crap for it (then again the angle on mine is not so steep). Edited November 28, 2009 by eTiMaGo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Yes what eTiMaGo said. You got done for a fake plate. I doubt it was specifically the shape that was the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Rest assured that if it wasn't one thing it would have been another... the rego sticker wasn't visible enough Car height off the road tinting on your windows non standard tyres cracked anything you name it, when they want money they will find it don't feel too bad. Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Rest assured that if it wasn't one thing it would have been another... the rego sticker wasn't visible enough Car height off the road tinting on your windows non standard tyres cracked anything you name it, when they want money they will find it don't feel too bad. Oz Is there actually a law against tinting windows here? Sure wish they would enforce that one!! It prevents the rude and dangerous drivers from losing face, which hate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 You bet there is a law against tinted windows. I even got done for having a tinted visor on my motorcycle helmet. Oh, I also have been done for "wrong shape" plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manjara Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 I got fined because my bumper was partially obscuring the number plate. Actually it was not bad but if you were standing next to the car it was difficult to see the plate. 500 baht fine for that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Hidam_n if they do that in phuket they will get some money in a hurry I have actually been warned twice about it.. The way my car is theres not the depth for Thai plates.. So I had to have it cut to Euro dimensions (warned at the time this may incur fines but what can I do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatouthruthefog Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 It may be illegal but lots of cars have them, maybe a recent clamp down thing.Lucky your dealer warned you and a brownie point for me for confirming he was not BSiting. Brownie points plural. Please tell us where in Thailand this heinous crime was committed? Here in Chiang Mai there seems a fad with fancy number plate frames, with Hello Kitty and other nonsense intruding into the 'blank' areas of the plate. Including those little embossed bits at lower right. Interesting that the elongated plates with Euro stars (in SE Asia!) and the ubiquitous 'D' (for 'Daft') are also deemed illegal. In so many cases here, illegality is in the eye of the brown beholder. On just one occasion a friend, married to a Thai, said "If you can show her where this is clearly illegal, WRITTEN in the Thai law, I will pay. Otherwise, please go away." They stayed, but they sent him away, with all his cash intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 I was caught committing this heinous crime in Krabi on the road to the vehicle licensing building, but I'm sure that was just a coincidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny747 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 last week, i was fined on the express pay toll for similar reason. 300 baht fine with on the spot. by any chance, was it saturday morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hssl Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 End of the month coffers in the station and the BIB pockets need refilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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