Thai Rules Of The Road. Available On The Internet?

[Yimmy]

Would be handy to have a copy of the Thai 'Rules of the Road' in both Thai and English, kept under the rear seat in case of an accident. Might be very handy to have in the early stages of 'negotiations' in the event of an accident.

Anybody know if such a thing is available?

Even not on the internet, can you pick a copy up at the dept. of transport or anything?

(let me guess the first reply)

[MartinL]

Hi, Yimmy,

I found this some time ago. It's an English translation of a Thai document so only use it as a guide, not as 100% accurate. It's a bit vague in many places but it's better than nothing at all.

Thai_Traffic_Laws.pdf

[Yimmy]

Good stuff thanks. Downloading it now.

[billd766]

Funny you should bring this up now as I bought a couple of Thai "highway Code" books in Se-Ed at the weekend and googled the same as you and I came up with this which may be halpful.

I am going into BKK in a couple of week and I will see if they have anything like it.

This is what I googled

Thai highway code in english

English translation of Thai Highway Code is available

Dear Editor,

In response to the recent correspondence relating to the Land Traffic Act of Thailand and the Thai Highway Code, the following might be of interest to your readers.

A translation of the Land Traffic Act can be obtained from Asia Books in Bangkok and costs 150 baht. It is possible that DK Books or Bookazine here in Pattaya stock it also. Normally, the translation can be found alongside English translations of business laws and economic laws. The book contains a lot of other Acts and Regulations but only the Land Traffic Act is translated into English. Because of this, it is difficult to comprehend fully the legal structure of the traffic laws in Thailand. There is no English translation of the Motor Vehicle Act yet, although the Thai version is readily available. The copyright law of Thailand states that law texts are not copyright protected. On the other hand, translations of law texts ARE copyright protected.

A translation of the Thai Highway Code, called “Driver’s Handbook”, published in English and consisting of 17 pages, is available in these same outlets.

Yours truly,

Len Agar

[nattydread]

heres an interesting site

http://freebeerforyorky.com/driving.html