Red Plates - What Are The Driving Restricitions

[Spoonman]

A friend of mine who resides on Koh Samui was fined 2,000 bht as his red plates were over 6 months old It appears that Car companies such as Toyota where my friend purchased his vehicle avoid issuing the white plate for as long as they can. The reaso is once thet have the white plate they then have to pay the purchase sales tax to the Government however whist the vehicle is running around on the red plate this is not the case. My friend took his receipt to Samui toyota and they refunded his spot fine of 2,000 and within 2 weeks he was driving with his new white plates !!!!

Yeah my dealer told me they would pay any fines I get in relation to the red plates.

[necronx99]

A friend of mine who resides on Koh Samui was fined 2,000 bht as his red plates were over 6 months old It appears that Car companies such as Toyota where my friend purchased his vehicle avoid issuing the white plate for as long as they can. The reaso is once thet have the white plate they then have to pay the purchase sales tax to the Government however whist the vehicle is running around on the red plate this is not the case. My friend took his receipt to Samui toyota and they refunded his spot fine of 2,000 and within 2 weeks he was driving with his new white plates !!!!

Both as a motive,and in the face of government admissions that the tendering process has delayed plate production that doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless the dealer is seriously under-capitalized.

Interest on the tax would be less than a fine.

[redfish44]

I have a receipt for the tax stapled inside the tabien rot from the DLT with a big red stamp saying 90 days will get white plates (or something) that has husbands name and the registration number that will be on the plate when it comes; and I have 2 photocopied pieces of paper in Thai with lots of stamps and signatures on the bottom including the cief of po9lice. It is a copy though. I think this might be the directive mentioned above.

The sticker was not sticky, but has been stuck to the windscreen and has the intended regisitration plate number on it also.

Can I reallly drive in Bangkok with no plates?

I don't want a 7000b fine or to have to deal with the cops at all really.

[eaustev]

Can confirm that despite whatever directive may have been issued by the police they are certainly still pulling people over in Bangkok for red plate offences.

My missus was pulled over late last night when getting on the expressway from Bangna and given a ticket and had her license taken for having the red plates for too long. Apparently they had a number of other cars pulled over for similar reasons.

[rics21]

Red plates = bring lots of 100bht notes with u when u drive at night.

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