Police on Nai Harn Road

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If they have helmets, then no license or no motorcycle license probably. 200-500B. I would bet though that a lot of them didn't have the helmets on as they first approached the checkpoint. If you are talking about the Y junction, this is a very common thing during the mid day there. Several threads started about it already.

Are they always in that same spot on the Y Junction or do they move there check point to different locations??

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How do you know they were just pulling over Farangs ??

^ That is what another poster also recently said when he started a thread about this checkpoint. It just happens that they see only farangs or mostly farangs at the moment they pass by so there for it's "pulling over farangs" which implyis they aren't pulling over Thai's, which is BS. I have passed through that checkpoint countless times and never stopped. I see Thai's and farangs, in both cars and trucks stopped.

I even saw a tuktuk being fined there.

That's okay the Tuktuk driver would have covered his fine when he completed his next 100-200 Meter journey.

[CFC]

If they have helmets, then no license or no motorcycle license probably. 200-500B. I would bet though that a lot of them didn't have the helmets on as they first approached the checkpoint. If you are talking about the Y junction, this is a very common thing during the mid day there. Several threads started about it already.

I will be honest I never wanted to ride a motor bike in Thailand but you would have to be a Lottery Winner to be able to afford to take Taxis every where. To many crazies flying around. Only yesterday I saw a bike accident on the NaI Harn Road. A Thai person was trapped under a Jeep, the police were jacking the jeep up to get the trapped person out.

Anyway I always ride with a helmet and the motor cycle has a license so the only thing I need is a license. I am staying in Chalong. where's the nearest place I can pay 100 Bhat for one. I will be travelling this road everyday and its just a matter of time before they pull me up.

At the Land Transport Department in Phuket Town. 155B. It's pretty easy. No training needed but since you don't already have a motorcycle license from home, you will need to do a basic, slow speed riding test, a written test, a colorblindness test, a reaction test, and a depth perception test. If you don't have a work permit you will need a letter of residency from immigration which can be hard to get if you are on a tourist visa or visa exempt stamp. Take a copy of your house rental contract to immigration to try get the residency letter. Some have done this successfully, some not. If they say no, just ask "How much?" and you may have better luck.

Do I get the letter of residency from the same building that I get a 30 day extension on my Tourist Visa.

[Kimera]

Best you see if your country accepts a Thai license most do not ....its a joke

Incorrect. Most in fact do. And completely accepted by insurance. Some countries do require an IDP to go along with it though. In the states for example, I can legally drive on just my Thai license (no IDP needed) as long as I am only visiting and not residing there.

Not correct..Are you answering the posted question?. read it again! you are telling us that you can exchange a Thai license for a HGV license in the states

I was referring to your general comment that "It's a joke" that Thai licenses are not accepted in most other countries, which is false. If you were referring to HGV only then you should have been clearer. If you were, then your post makes no sense because as a foreigner you can't get one anyway.

The "It's a joke" was a comment on the ease of obtaining a Thai. license,yes the Thai License can be excepted in some counties for short term use, however you cannot as far as I am aware exchange it. And I like you have now been educated that we cannot obtain a HGV in Thailand

Edited November 10, 2013 by Kimera