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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Is a number plate compulsory on both sides in Thailand or not?
Dear readers,
A reputable car rental company with branches all over the country THAI Rent a Car gave me a car yesterday at Suvarnabhumi with no license plate on the back.
According to the issuing lady, it was no problem for the police because there is a license plate on the front…..strange…??
Now my question is: Is a license plate required on both sides of the car in Thailand or not?
Regards,
Teun
Last December I bought a new car. That was when the government will refund the tax after 1 year. (Just wondering if this will happen.) Because of the high demand there were no license plates available and I drove WITHOUT license plates for 2 months. Never apprehended.
Yes license plates are required on both sides (the same applies to lights at the front and back)
And in Thailand we know what that means haha
Each country has its own laws and idiosyncrasies,rented a car in Udon Thani on September 2nd
car was brand new, landlord told me I was the first tenant, he was even happy that the first
customer before the car was a Falang, rented this car for 40 days and all the time without a number plate
driven, no problem.
Truly unbelievable, this comment!
Of course, a number plate on both sides of the car is mandatory. Make sure that red plates have an extra punch (a round kind of 'sticker'), because often the dealer will give you an illegal set. Without 2 number plates or without a 'sticker' for red plates or without 2 red plates you are punishable and the car can even be confiscated.
(By the way, do you know that red plates require you to have a brown vehicle registration booklet that pre-lists each trip, and that you are not allowed to drive from dusk to dawn?)
And I wish you a lot of strength when a vehicle without number plates is stolen! A tenant then always hangs, because he has signed for the car. Hopefully, you also took out insurance that covered this type of risk.
In the Netherlands you would never do this kind of thing; why then in Thailand? Use your mind!
It is allowed to drive without number plates for the first month that the car is in use, both for new cars and for second-hand vehicles. However, the choice is left to confirm a red license plate, provided that the car tax is paid immediately. After that initial period, the white license plates with black numbers (for the Thais) must be applied. For cars that are only driven by foreigners, there is, I thought, a blue license plate. For people in military service there is another number plate, often with Thai numbers and for temporarily imported cars driven and temporarily used by a foreigner there is also a special number plate. It's actually a bit of a jungle if you ask me. The latter is rarely seen here.
Forgot to mention that for tourists front and back number plates are required.
Thailandblog has already paid attention to the license plates and the meaning of the colors.
White with green is for a car with 2 doors, white and black is for 4 doors.
You pay more road tax with 4 doors than with 2 .
White with blue is for the sign that you have a license as a passenger carrier.
Red is black because no license plate is available yet.
You are not allowed to leave the province without permission because they are the best prey for thieves .
These were not enough at the dealer last year, which means that it is allowed to drive without number plates without turning a blind eye.
There are many more colors for the army and freight transport .
The plates also state the name of the province where it is registered.
I don't know of any country in this world where you can drive a car without a license plate on the back. I think it's even weirder that you accept this car. I had NOT taken this car but wanted one with 2 plates. Most car rental companies even give a free upgrade if the type of car you booked is not available.
Next time they give you a car with no brakes👍. May not be necessary, because you have to accelerate to get to the windshield and not brake. Please also read what (rightly) Martin B says about this. great martin
Yesterday I was scolded by an agent in the center of Hua because I had parked the car where only motorbike parking was allowed during the day and the night market had to be built up in the evening. Very grumpy he helped me to park, must have seen that I had him behind the number plate but did nothing with it.
To make it very easy and list everything at once.
A car should have 2 license plates. 1 at the front and 1 at the back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Thailand
http://driving-in-thailand.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-license-plates/
http://www.chiangraiprovince.com/guide/index.php?page=p61