Getting A Driver Licence In Thailand

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The times where you could "buy" a Driver's License for 500,- Baht are over since the ousted Prime Minister Taksin tightened the rules for officials. To get a driver's license today, you will have to go to the right office, usually at the municipal hall and bring the following papers and requirements:

Make an eye, color and reaction test.

Guess a distance (they have a special device for that.)

Bring a health certificate from a Thai doctor (costs only a few Baht, easy)

Fill out the Questionnaire; 20 Questions for motor bike, 30 for car. You can buy an English book with all the traffic rules before and study.

Now you also have to prove your driving ability on a circuit with traffic signs, crossings and you have to show how to park your car into a parking space.

Your passport with a Non Immigrant Visa!

2 pictures 35x35mm

Health Certificate

Certificate of residence from the Immigration Bureau (application form download here)

200 Baht for issuing the license

A few tipps on how to drive in Thailand:

• Thailand has left side traffic. You'll learn that quickly but watch out when changing to another road or at night, you easily end up on the wrong side. (If you are not used to left side)
• Do not calculate with some intelligence from the Thai side. They start driving without looking back or caring about others. They take over at high speed, even when there is oncoming traffic.
• If you want to turn right or left, look twice! They will overtake you on both sides if necessary.
• If there is a crash, the foreigner is almost always in charge, sometimes only because he is the only one to have an insurance or simply because he is a foreigner and supposed to have enough money to pay for the debris.
• In some traffic dense areas (tourist areas) you can witness accidents almost on a daily basis.