Aldebaran1981 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 As above guys. Possible? If in this case, how will the insurance go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 About three years back, in Bkk, we changed the name in the blue registration / road tax book from my name to my adult Thai son's name. Son encountered the dragon lady from hell at the motor vehicles office, but no questions whatever asked about drivers licenses. Then we changed the car insurance to sons name - no questions whatever asked about drivers license. Well known international insurer, Bkk office staff very professional and thorough and very polite and helpful. Then we relocated Bkk to Chiang Mai and discovered very poor and inattentive service at the CM office of the same insurance company. We then found a local insurance broker in CM, good listener / very attentive, gave him scanned copies of blue book and previous insurance policy, he quickly gave three quotations, broker asked no questions about drivers license. We selected one of the quotations, actual insurance company called my son to confirm some details, no questions asked about who drives car or licenses. Maybe buying a new car is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yes , but Insurance Invalid on Public Roads 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yes, about 30% of them do. What insurance? Most Thais never heard of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Posted April 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2014 As far as I know, insurance is on the car, not the driver. But if an unlicensed driver has an accident, don't expect to be covered. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldebaran1981 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Oh insurance is on the car! Now my questions are fully answered! Hehe Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Thaddeus, on 19 Apr 2014 - 22:52, said: As far as I know, insurance is on the car, not the driver. But if an unlicensed driver has an accident, don't expect to be covered. Correct to a Point. Its insured if the non licensed owner is on his own land. Eg, if a Tree fell on it he could claim. But that's going beyond the O.P. Point.Hes no doubt come across something to prompt his post. I'm led to believe some Old Thais are exempt from a Test, and can just renew the license they were given ,prior to testing. Now, My Wife is 55,and has a license for Life. Bloody ridiculous . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I know what you mean Ace, my landlord is 73 and has the same..... he gave me a lift in his car once, once was enough. You are right about the insurance, I should have said if the unlicensed driver was driving on a road at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjun12 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 An interesting sidenote is that less than 50% of Thai drivers have a driver's license. Told to me by a policeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyumchai Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 my ex doesnt have a driving licence but she insured her scooter. i ask her why she doesnt just nip out the traffic office and take a test and she answers "i dont need 1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 my wife doesn't have a license but the finance for my truck is in her name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerspace Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I have both a car and insurance buy my license says I can drive half a car. So if a farrang can do then no problems for a Thai. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcat Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 My MIL owns the car...but she doesn't drive it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpharma Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 When, after 1 year, I went for my 5-year DL extention, I saw people at the exam center who came for the 7th time with their own pick-up to try to pass the test again and again and again...They owned the car and drove it on public roads without DL!!! They couldn't drive not park but were flabbergasting around.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseFrank Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 About three years back, in Bkk, we changed the name in the blue registration / road tax book from my name to my adult Thai son's name. Son encountered the dragon lady from hell at the motor vehicles office, but no questions whatever asked about drivers licenses. Then we changed the car insurance to sons name - no questions whatever asked about drivers license. Well known international insurer, Bkk office staff very professional and thorough and very polite and helpful. Then we relocated Bkk to Chiang Mai and discovered very poor and inattentive service at the CM office of the same insurance company. We then found a local insurance broker in CM, good listener / very attentive, gave him scanned copies of blue book and previous insurance policy, he quickly gave three quotations, broker asked no questions about drivers license. We selected one of the quotations, actual insurance company called my son to confirm some details, no questions asked about who drives car or licenses. Maybe buying a new car is different. Of course the insurance doesn't ask about your driving license, they just take your money and it's written in the policy, when you have an accident and can't show them driver license they don't pay . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Simple answer...yes, I have done this with my partner but your insurance may be not be valid. Luckily my partner got a license after we bought her car so we didn't need to test whether the insurance would have paid out iic we had had an accident. You can also own a car in your own right if you have a valid visa, a This driving license, and a document from immigration that testifies to your address. The document costs 500 Baht, and you need a photograph. You do know that at certain locations your wife can get a driver's license for about 4-5000 baht even if she can't drive and this 'fee' includes a motorcycle license as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwyn Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 An interesting sidenote is that less than 50% of Thai drivers have a driver's license. Told to me by a policeman. In Koh Samui that number drops to 25%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLP Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 An interesting sidenote is that less than 50% of Thai drivers have a driver's license. Told to me by a policeman. Then why is the driving test centre always so busy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseFrank Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 An interesting sidenote is that less than 50% of Thai drivers have a driver's license. Told to me by a policeman. Then why is the driving test centre always so busy. Read post #14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeSon360 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 You don't need a license to "own" a car, in most 1st. World countries. But you do need an "Operator's" License to drive one. Again, that's most 1st.World "culture" countries, Thailand not withstanding. Hope this answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarlow Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yes, about 30% of them do. What insurance? Most Thais never heard of it 30%? Where did you get that figure from? "Most Thais never heard of insurance? Have you never heard of the basic required-by-law insurance that you have to buy to get the vehicle taxed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarlow Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 The answer is "yes". Anybody can buy a car, whether they would be entitled to drive it on the road is another question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarlow Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 You don't need a license to "own" a car, in most 1st. World countries. But you do need an "Operator's" License to drive one. Again, that's most 1st.World "culture" countries, Thailand not withstanding. Hope this answers your question. What does "most 1st world 'culture' countries" have to do with it, we're in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaurene Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I have new car in my name with yellow house book, insured, not asked for any type of license. I went down 3 weeks ago got my license within 1.5hrs cost me 200bt total. I told my daughter in law 16 go get DL as I was giving her a scooter for her 17th she went down and got her DL. Most Thais do not bother and if you have a Thai smack into you the cops will support the Thai. Welcome to the number one land of racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Racist, what a Load Of Nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stevenl Posted April 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2014 Most Thais do not bother and if you have a Thai smack into you the cops will support the Thai. Welcome to the number one land of racist. Please stop sprouting this nonsense, in this case even twice in the same sentence. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I sometimes can't believe posts like this and post answers with so much uninformed nonsense. There has been other posts made with similar questions on this recently 3 - 4 and all have answered the question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Posted April 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2014 Most Thais do not bother and if you have a Thai smack into you the cops will support the Thai. Welcome to the number one land of racist. Please stop sprouting this nonsense, in this case even twice in the same sentence. +1 Along with "you falang, you not here accident not happen" posts of this ilk should be rigorously ignored. Utter balderdash and bar-stool talk. Simply call your insurance in case of an accident, and let them sort it out 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimpythailand Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 555 racist against Falungs....company car i drive with company insurance - was told by the boss - if a non employee drives it and has a problem the insurnace is void...but pretty sure anyone can get insurance - but if an accident and no license -then no moolah from insurance company - or maybe the car gets fixed but you don't... also a buddy who is paying his 6 month new honda off... insurance co. first said no insurance without a license - and he is right between jobs - is on a tourist visa - and no driver license without a work permit he was told... anyway - insurance co. got him insurance at a 20% premium.... so the car is insured... but he just got stopped 2 days ago - no license... 500 bt fine from a Rangsit cop.... cheaper than my 1000 bt fine 8 years for letting my DL expire for over a year and no new one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 555 racist against Falungs....company car i drive with company insurance - was told by the boss - if a non employee drives it and has a problem the insurnace is void...but pretty sure anyone can get insurance - but if an accident and no license -then no moolah from insurance company - or maybe the car gets fixed but you don't... also a buddy who is paying his 6 month new honda off... insurance co. first said no insurance without a license - and he is right between jobs - is on a tourist visa - and no driver license without a work permit he was told... anyway - insurance co. got him insurance at a 20% premium.... so the car is insured... but he just got stopped 2 days ago - no license... 500 bt fine from a Rangsit cop.... cheaper than my 1000 bt fine 8 years for letting my DL expire for over a year and no new one... Can you please rephrase this so others (at least I) can understand what you're trying to say here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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