Maybe this is general knowledge to city folk but I didn’t know that driving with rally/fog/spot lights fitted to you car was illegal in Bangkok.

I don’t mean at night with them on but just having them fitted on your car day or night was illegal. If you have extra spotlights on your car in Bangkok you have to have them covered up.

Don’t know if this applies to other citys? No one here on the island seems to worry about it.

Beachcomber.

Curious as to the source of this info Beachcomber, have never heard this one but doubt it's validity as many vehicles come factory equipped with fog lights.

Edited December 10, 200619 yr by dvk1951

Curious as to the source of this info Beachcomber, have never heard this one but doubt it's validity as many vehicles come factory equipped with fog lights.

Well this happened some weeks ago when we went for a shopping trip to Bangkok with another couple in their car.

We were stopped and my friend, who’s car it was and was driving, was fined 1000Bt “on the spot” for having rally type lights fitted to his car.

When I say car it was actually a mean looking 4x4 with big chrome bull bars and a set of giant rally lights. Not the small built in types you get with production model.

I joked with my friends and Ms Beach about the “on the spot fine” but both Thai ladies assured me that it was illegal to have fitted rally lights in BKK.

Any additional information always welcome.

Beachcomber.

This has to be bogus. Try finding a 4x4 anywhere in Thailand without rally lights attached. I had a pair on my old Land Rover for 8 years.

This has to be bogus. Try finding a 4x4 anywhere in Thailand without rally lights attached. I had a pair on my old Land Rover for 8 years.

You mean the big lights that can go on the roof?

This law is news to me. I've never had a problem with the off-road lights on my Range Rover (the big ones on the grille guard between the headlamps)... 1000B on the spot seems like a scam to me...

If the law was interpreted to me correctly:

Maximum fixtures is 2.

Light spectrum is white or yellow light.

Can not be mounted above the centerline of the existing headlights.

Can not exceed 55 watts.

Must be aimed a minimum of 2 degrees below horizontal.

Reach can not exceed 7.5 meters in front of the vehicle.

Hope this helps.

probably some chancer BIB trying to get some cash, theres load of vehilces with extra lights

probably some chancer BIB trying to get some cash, theres load of vehilces with extra lights

Does not suprise me! The same law exists in the West Australian traffic act. Note the operative point is "Covered Up" That means you have to leave the vehicle and take off the covers before you can use them, and since there is another section of the act the stipulates where high power lights can be used you have no excuses when collared if accidently on, Ha Ha Giving that other guy a flash so you get the road. Additionally extra lights may be no closer together than 50 cm just so you cannot give him a 200 watt flash.