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Reader question: What about the speed on the road in built-up areas in Thailand?

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January 20 2015

Dear readers,

I've been driving around Thailand for about a year now and now I know that the maximum speed for a car is 90 kilometers per hour. Regularly come to places with a sign “City limit – reduce speed”.

What does that mean, is it enough if I reduce my speed to 85 kilometers per hour, or is there a speed that must be maintained? And should I smell or see when I'm out of built-up areas, or what about Thailand?

Yours faithfully,

Jerry Q8

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19 responses to “Reader question: What about the speed on the road in built-up areas in Thailand?”

  1. riekie says up
    20 January 2015 at 09: 21

    In Thailand they have no traffic rules
    city ​​limet you reach the city so drive slower it doesn't say how slow speed is rarely checked, but on him and driver's license

    • Khan Peter says up
      20 January 2015 at 09: 47

      It is not true what you say in Thailand they do know traffic rules, there is just hardly any enforcement.

      • janbeute says up
        20 January 2015 at 15: 44

        And so it is Mr. Khan Peter .
        There are indeed traffic rules in Thailand , but unfortunately no one adheres to them .
        Many do not even know that there are traffic rules at all .
        Control by any kind of gendarmerie is not an option, only if something extra needs to be made.
        Everyone does what they want in traffic and how it suits them best.
        Sometimes even comparable to Russian Roulette.
        With or without helmet , with or without lighting , with or without license plate , with or without driver 's license , with or without insurance , with or without proper brakes etc etc etc .
        And with a driving style of overtaking in a blind corner with a solid yellow line in the middle.
        Oh and then the oncoming traffic, I'll push that motorcyclist aside for a while because I'm big and he's small.

        I experience this every day on the motorcycle and see what is happening in terms of driving behavior and road safety.
        But yes , it is not for nothing that we are in the highest place in the world ranking of traffic accidents here in Thailand .
        You should certainly do your best for that.
        The new government of the General can not get a grip on this either , the control is still far below ZERO .
        Almost every month another traffic fatality comes home, including yesterday in my neighborhood.

        Jan Beute.

  2. BA says up
    20 January 2015 at 10: 08

    Here in Khon Kaen there are regular signs along the main roads, and the limit is usually 40 on busy stretches and 60 on the main road.

    But usually very little is done about it.

    Usually, at a sign "City limit - Reduce speed" a Thai will slow down to +/- 60. Bit dependent on the crowds and road.

    I drive mostly by feel, ie in most places you know yourself what is too hard and not too hard. Sometimes you can also drive 100 without any problem in the city of Khon Kaen, but there are also parts where 50 is just possible. Just go with the flow.

  3. jasmine says up
    20 January 2015 at 11: 01

    Just buy a GPS system with an option to tick speed cameras…
    You will then see that if you drive too fast, the km indication jumps to red and if you keep to the local / nationally set speed, the indication is just black ...
    It also indicates when a speed camera is coming….
    It is true that more and more speed cameras are being installed and certainly also on the highway of Khon Khean, so that you will receive a fine of 400 baht at home if you have driven too fast ...

    • KhunBram says up
      20 January 2015 at 13: 50

      Garmin GPS says 110 on all highways. What about that?

  4. Guus says up
    20 January 2015 at 11: 10

    Moderator: Your comment is off topic. If you have comments, ideas, etc., please send them to the editors.

  5. wim says up
    20 January 2015 at 11: 18

    There are certainly traffic rules, enforcement of them is another story.
    max. speed within built-up areas is 60 km/hr. unless indicated otherwise.

  6. marcel says up
    20 January 2015 at 11: 37

    speeds are on signs along the highway, usually not much checked. But as soon as oncoming traffic starts signaling with their lights, you can assume that there is a speed check, and around the end of the month there will be more checks in my opinion, but then without receipts this is more about money for mia noi (2nd woman who must be paid). The Thais always talk about it themselves, it has happened to me a few times, they say there was radar control but they don't even have a walkie talkie with him so can never have been a radar check. (cost 100 baht) so not too bad.

  7. It is says up
    20 January 2015 at 11: 48

    The speed on motorways is not 90 km for all cars, pickups are only allowed 80 km per hour

  8. dontejo says up
    20 January 2015 at 12: 12

    There are highways where the maximum speed is 120 km per hour.
    Signed along the highway!
    OA Bangkok-Airport-Pattaya.
    Regards, Dontejo.

  9. Rien Stam says up
    20 January 2015 at 13: 56

    I'm on the road every day with my car, and until tired I have intermittently asked several police officers in English what the CITY-LIMET actually is within the Municipalities.
    Then they look at you in surprise and shrug their shoulders without explanation.
    Greetings Rien Stam in SansaiNoi

  10. Kees says up
    20 January 2015 at 16: 00

    I only drive here 3 months a year, and yes City limit?! I try to maintain about 60 Km/hr, but I regularly see on the counter that I'm at 70/80 and then I'm still being overtaken.
    So yeah, actually I'm just doing something, like most here do.

  11. Marcel says up
    20 January 2015 at 16: 17

    You can buy a driver's license in Thailand, that says enough. If it costs 400 BHT then you don't have it yet, you have to pay 800BHT outside the building in the office and you certainly have it. Was in muang loei. So from then on the uncertainty in traffic. Gr. Marcel

    • oeneke says up
      21 January 2015 at 09: 15

      My question is whether that is an official valid driver's license. How do you get here and what papers do you need?

  12. French Nico says up
    20 January 2015 at 16: 43

    Dear Gerrie Q8,

    Surely you know. Also see: https://www.thailandblog.nl/vervoer-verkeer/de-verkeersregels-thailand-wie-kent-ze-niet/

  13. theos says up
    21 January 2015 at 01: 45

    For car is 90 km/h on the highway, 120 on the motorway. 80 km/h in built-up areas and 60 km/h on side roads in built-up areas, such as sois. Traffic on a roundabout has priority, including motorcycles, etc
    There are different speed rules for buses, trucks and vans. A motorcycle may not go faster than 80 km/h and there is indeed a traffic law in Thailand, of which I have a copy. Happy motoring!

    • RonnyLatPhrao says up
      21 January 2015 at 06: 25

      Of course there is a traffic law. Anyone can easily request it.

      Land Traffic Act BE 2522

      http://thailaws.com/law/t_laws/tlaw0140_5.pdf

      http://driving-in-thailand.com/category/laws/traffic-laws/

  14. RonnyLatPhrao says up
    21 January 2015 at 03: 24

    Nothing official of course, but they must have made it somewhere.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_by_country


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