Popular Post thailandroadblock Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 hi pals, can you confirm if its legal for cops to keep your driving license ? Because if they dont keep it, what is the reason to pay a ticket later when they didnt accept cash on the spot ? And also is there an official price for driving without rear car plate ? thanks pals 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 It used to be 500 Baht for no number plate mine got stolen once try getting a new one it takes forever 6 months for me 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2 is 1 Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 Nothing is "official" fine in Thailand! If you not do nothing else than drive car whitout rear plate, i dont know why need pay anything. Or max 500 bth. Maybe you run in to first honest cop in Thailand! I assume you had Thai license? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonray Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) The law was recently changed. Police can no longer hold your license. But if you don't pay...then forget getting a license renewal down the line. Edited August 22, 2020 by tonray 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don Mega Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 Just now, 2 is 1 said: Nothing is "official" fine in Thailand! If you not do nothing else than drive car whitout rear plate, i dont know why need pay anything. Or max 500 bth. Maybe you run in to first honest cop in Thailand! I assume you had Thai license? The speeding fines I get in the mail look fairly official and if ignored and not paid they won't let you renew the yearly road tax. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 is 1 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Don Mega said: The speeding fines I get in the mail look fairly official and if ignored and not paid they won't let you renew the yearly road tax. Yes, from camera! Have haddle few of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post actonion Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, Don Mega said: The speeding fines I get in the mail look fairly official and if ignored and not paid they won't let you renew the yearly road tax. My wife received speeding fine for 500b in the post .. photos of the front end of her car number plate, they said if the fine is not paid you will no longer be able to tax your car, she has never paid the fine, that was 3 years ago, and her car taxed every year.. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petedk Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, ChipButty said: It used to be 500 Baht for no number plate mine got stolen once try getting a new one it takes forever 6 months for me Is it illegal not to have a rear number plate? A car has been parked outside our house for about 6 or weeks with no rear number plate. The other day we had 5 or 6 police officers wandering around here checking on all the illegal parking. I was walking home and they started talking to me about the cars, whether they blocked our driveway or not. Anyway, we talked 4 or 5 minutes and then they noticed the car with no number plate. They laughed and said "It must have been in an accident". That was it. Anyway, back to the original topic. I remember reading that the police are no longer allowed to keep your driving license. Edited August 22, 2020 by petedk 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 A joke.. someone received a photo in the mail showing him crossing a red light and demand for a 1,000 baht penalty so he sent a photo of a 1,000 baht note back... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don Mega Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, actonion said: My wife received speeding fine for 500b in the post .. photos of the front end of her car number plate, they said if the fine is not paid you will no longer be able to tax your car, she has never paid the fine, that was 3 years ago, and her car taxed every year.. Person I sold my previous car to never bothered to change the book into his name, he liked to speed and I just tossed the tickets in the bin...out of the blue he called me up asking if any speeding fines had arrived as he could not renew the road tax because unpaid fines. 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 37 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said: Nothing is "official" fine in Thailand! BS, read the traffic law. 6 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post uncleP Posted August 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 Normally you go to the police station pay whatever fine and get your license back 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 hour ago, 2 is 1 said: Nothing is "official" fine in Thailand! If you not do nothing else than drive car whitout rear plate, i dont know why need pay anything. Or max 500 bth. Maybe you run in to first honest cop in Thailand! I assume you had Thai license? Yes, and they kept it while I went to the police station to pay the fine, even though I had the receipt in the car from the transport dept to get the new number plate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoupeo Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Don Mega said: The speeding fines I get in the mail look fairly official and if ignored and not paid they won't let you renew the yearly road tax. I just renewed without paying any fines, so it's just BS ! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 42 minutes ago, scoupeo said: I just renewed without paying any fines, so it's just BS ! What province are you in ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsouthdevide Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 9 hours ago, actonion said: My wife received speeding fine for 500b in the post .. photos of the front end of her car number plate, they said if the fine is not paid you will no longer be able to tax your car, she has never paid the fine, that was 3 years ago, and her car taxed every year.. Same here. I wanted to pay my speeding ticket, but my wife told me not to. Ive renewed my tax twice since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 2 hours ago, northsouthdevide said: Same here. I wanted to pay my speeding ticket, but my wife told me not to. Ive renewed my tax twice since. Perhaps we have in a few cases posted systems that are not linked up to each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigz Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 17 hours ago, northsouthdevide said: Same here. I wanted to pay my speeding ticket, but my wife told me not to. Ive renewed my tax twice since. If I'm correct it only came to affect this year that you can't renew tax with outstanding fines. The older tickets from before the change probably don't count? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted August 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 11:14 AM, scoupeo said: I just renewed without paying any fines, so it's just BS ! Perhaps because the police have not used their PC to pass the information on. Mrs.T went to tax her bike, "sorry cannot, go to police station and pay your fine", "what fine" ? Went to police station, she had a parking fine where the notice had probably blown off the bike. So, it's not BS....???? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Bigz said: If I'm correct it only came to affect this year that you can't renew tax with outstanding fines. The older tickets from before the change probably don't count? Nope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I lost my back plate on the car and I think it took like 2 1/2 weeks to get the new one they gave me a note if any policeman stopped me about it just show me the note anyways in Thailand nothings official TIT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted August 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2020 Over the past couple years my Wife and I have had a number of speeding fines and fines for ‘crossing the white line' These do not get posted to our registered address (where my Wife’s ID is registered, where the car is registered and where my Wife’s DL is registered), instead the fines go to my Wife’s parents house in Bangkok, which is very odd. We haven’t paid any of the fines over the past two years, we have renewed tax without issue. However, my Wife has started getting ‘warning letter’ and threats of legal action if the fines are not paid. It seems the DLT are getting their act together with payment of fines, I fully expect to encounter difficulty renewing tax next year if any of the fines remain unpaid. Calling peoples actually experiences BS [scupeo] highlight ignorance of how things work in Thailand. Different provinces different transport offices etc and evolving technology and access to it. --------- On the Topic of ‘can the Police keep your licence’ - Legally the BiB can’t confiscate your license as of 20th September 2019. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1123795-friday-20th-thai-police-have-no-right-to-confiscate-your-licence-other-changes-by-december/ https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375505 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 12:16 PM, 2 is 1 said: Maybe you run in to first honest cop in Thailand! Or you could presume that the big boss is too lazy to go out to fill in the fines, as opposed to sitting in air conditioned comfort in his police office, and of course they have double fine books, one for themselves and one for the main government. Ask me how I know this, well the wife has an uncle who is a cop and he has told us how his police station operates, honest cops in Thailand don't last long was another thing he told us, they end up converting or leaving, it's part of the system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Legal for cops to keep your car driving license ? As duly appointed and authorized law enforcement representatives of the democratically elected, completely honest, corruption-free government…they can do anything they want. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Does any one know which app to download to be able to show the police your license? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteralex Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 9:41 AM, ezzra said: A joke.. someone received a photo in the mail showing him crossing a red light and demand for a 1,000 baht penalty so he sent a photo of a 1,000 baht note back... It is not FUNNY or a JOKE to cross a red light. It bis IRRESPONSIBLE, DL ought to be renounced. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 9:54 AM, FritsSikkink said: BS, read the traffic law. It is OK to read it, but is it enforced, that is the BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 hours ago, jvs said: Does any one know which app to download to be able to show the police your license? I had it six months ago, then it disappeared. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 hours ago, stouricks said: It is OK to read it, but is it enforced, that is the BS. That works 2 ways, you either pay the correct fine through the police station, or you get involved in a bribe. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sujo Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 hours ago, peteralex said: It is not FUNNY or a JOKE to cross a red light. It bis IRRESPONSIBLE, DL ought to be renounced. Its a joke, its funny. A joke does not mean he actually did it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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