Over 2.4 mn new vehicles registered during 10 months of 2016

 

BANGKOK, 14 November 2016, (NNT) – The Department of Land Transport disclosed that it registered 2.4 new million cars during the first ten months of 2016, while the number of newly-registered passenger vehicles has decreased. 

Land Transport Department Director General Sanit Phromwong disclosed that during January to October, a total of 2,456,686 vehicles, or an average of 240,000 vehicles per month, were registered with the Land Transport Department and provincial offices of land transport nationwide. The number is considered as an increased from the same period last year by 100,949 or 4.28 percent. 

The number of registered motorcycles is 1,620,901, while during the same period 490,124 cars and 212,281 pickup trucks were also registered. 

A total of 64,056 trucks and buses were registered, marking a decrease from the same period last year by 8512 or 11.72 percent. 

Director General of the Department of Transport reiterated that new car registration processes are fast and convenient, as a license plate can be obtained within one day once all required documents are submitted.

 

-- nnt 2016-11-14

I wonder if the dealers are still going to claim the registration process takes the full 90 days so they can utilise the cash during that time.

No wonder why we have so much traffic ? everywhere.

 

Be good to know how many vehicles were de-registered, so we get a net new cars on the road number. 

Better get some more flags !

1 hour ago, berg1666 said:

Be good to know how many vehicles were de-registered, so we get a net new cars on the road number. 

I am not aware of any scheme such as the UK's SORN (statutory off road notice) in Thailand.

 

There may of course be a statistic of vehicles that failed to renew somewhere in the Dept of Land Transport's statistics but many of those will still be in use (illegally).

 

As ever, with articles quoting Thai govt. statistics, we just get one or two figures, often comparisons with just the previous year. It fails to paint a meaningful picture or provide any analysis as you alluded to.

i thought pattaya was bad 6 months ago but i am just back in town and have given up on owning a car. still fairly straight forward getting around on a scooter as long as its not raining.

How many were re-possessed after three months.....

Why can they not produce enough number plates for all these vehicles.

Does that also mean a huge increase per month of all the first time and totally inexperienced drivers on the road who more or less just copy what everyone else does including all the dangerous and aggressive driving conduct while rules and regulations and a degree of practiced sensibilities are ignored.

I surmise...

 

Cheers

 

16 hours ago, webfact said:

A total of 64,056 trucks and buses were registered, marking a decrease from the same period last year by 8512 or 11.72 percent. 

 

 

I think this tells us something about the state of the economy.