Driving School in BKK

[krummi]

Can anyone recommend a good driving school in BKK. Will be relocating to Europe at the end of the year and want the missus to get a driving licence. For sure, will have to be converted but will come much cheaper with Thai driving experience than starting from zero in Europe.

[CharlieH]

You honestly think anything taught here would resemble "driving". It would only teach her bad habits and make it harder to drive "properly" elsewhere.

Edited February 1, 2014 by CharlieH

[MMarlow]

You honestly think anything taught here would resemble "driving". It would only teach her bad habits and make it harder to drive "properly" elsewhere.

What is you comment based on, a specific driving school that you have experience of? Which one? Or is it just nonsense based on nothing at all?

Your suggestion that those taught to drive anywhere apart from Thailand do not have bad habits and are the only ones able to drive properly more than likely totally accurate and irrefutable.

[CharlieH]

Based on little or no highway code, the fact you can just buy a licence in some places, no formal training required, no real "test" and my 10 years of driving in Thailand.

[seajae]

actually a driving school would go broke here because no one would use it, they just self teach. Today I had 2 cars overtake me on double lines and the cars coming the other way had to swerve off the road to avoid being hit head on, wish driving instruction was mandatory as there would be a lot less road deaths and it would be a lot safer on the roads.

[edwardandtubs]

There are loads of driving schools here but I don't see any value in them if you have to relocate to Europe. Driving lessons are about twice as expensive in the UK compared to Thailand which isn't much really considering the higher standards you're getting. Instead of letting her get into bad habits in Thailand, why not pay for 10 lessons in Europe and then you can stick the L plate on your car and let her drive around with you in the passenger seat until she's ready for the test.

[krummi]

There are loads of driving schools here but I don't see any value in them if you have to relocate to Europe. Driving lessons are about twice as expensive in the UK compared to Thailand which isn't much really considering the higher standards you're getting. Instead of letting her get into bad habits in Thailand, why not pay for 10 lessons in Europe and then you can stick the L plate on your car and let her drive around with you in the passenger seat until she's ready for the test.

You assume I am from the UK, but I am not and we do not have the "L" system in my country....need to take driving lessons in a school until ready for the test

So, from the feedback so far, there is no "proper" driving school in BKK?

Edited February 2, 2014 by krummi

[theoldgit]

You can only drive in the UK with Thai licence that is valid for at least 12 months from the date of arrival, so that effectively rules out the initial 12 month licence.

A Thai licence cannot be automatically converted to a UK licence, a two part test must be taken first.

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[edwardandtubs]

There are loads of driving schools here but I don't see any value in them if you have to relocate to Europe. Driving lessons are about twice as expensive in the UK compared to Thailand which isn't much really considering the higher standards you're getting. Instead of letting her get into bad habits in Thailand, why not pay for 10 lessons in Europe and then you can stick the L plate on your car and let her drive around with you in the passenger seat until she's ready for the test.

You assume I am from the UK, but I am not and we do not have the "L" system in my country....need to take driving lessons in a school until ready for the test

So, from the feedback so far, there is no "proper" driving school in BKK?

What do you mean by "proper"? The test is ridiculously easy in Thailand (see below) so that's what driving schools here teach you to do. Obviously nowhere in Bangkok is going to teach anywhere near the standards of an EU country.

[MMarlow]

actually a driving school would go broke here because no one would use it, they just self teach. Today I had 2 cars overtake me on double lines and the cars coming the other way had to swerve off the road to avoid being hit head on, wish driving instruction was mandatory as there would be a lot less road deaths and it would be a lot safer on the roads.

Actually there are many driving schools and most of them don't go broke.

Is driving instruction mandatory anywhere? It's passing the test that is mandatory, doesn't matter where you got your tuition if you're considered to have the required ability to drive.

[MMarlow]

There are loads of driving schools here but I don't see any value in them if you have to relocate to Europe. Driving lessons are about twice as expensive in the UK compared to Thailand which isn't much really considering the higher standards you're getting. Instead of letting her get into bad habits in Thailand, why not pay for 10 lessons in Europe and then you can stick the L plate on your car and let her drive around with you in the passenger seat until she's ready for the test.

You assume I am from the UK, but I am not and we do not have the "L" system in my country....need to take driving lessons in a school until ready for the test

So, from the feedback so far, there is no "proper" driving school in BKK?

There are many driving schools in Bangkok, whether they are "proper", whatever that means, is subjective.

[MMarlow]

What do you mean by "proper"? The test is ridiculously easy in Thailand (see below) so that's what driving schools here teach you to do. Obviously nowhere in Bangkok is going to teach anywhere near the standards of an EU country.

Your video description may be accurate but the statement that that is only what the driving schools teach is wildly inaccurate. Many do a good, conscientious job.

Your reference to "the standards of an EU country" is odd, there is no EU standard for driving and take a look at some of the 28 member countries, your faith in some of those may be shaky!

[sms747]

What do you mean by "proper"? The test is ridiculously easy in Thailand (see below) so that's what driving schools here teach you to do. Obviously nowhere in Bangkok is going to teach anywhere near the standards of an EU country.

Your video description may be accurate but the statement that that is only what the driving schools teach is wildly inaccurate. Many do a good, conscientious job.

The test is just a test of moving a car at slow speed off road, it is NOT a driving test. I only have experience of two driving Schools, both were totally unprofessional and could not teach. You only have to look at the carnage on Thai roads to see that both the teaching and the test and woefully inadequate- because they are killing people!