New Car Buying

[colin howard]

sorry rooster dream on ,3 traffic tickets!,all you have to do is bribe the cops and no ticket its as easy as that ,isan is a far cry from bkok as you are well aware ,and i know something has to be done about driving standards in thailand but whatever they come up with i doubt it would work up here in the sticks .

[colin howard]

rooster,another major problem here in thailand is you buy a new car and it takes at least 2 months before you get your reg plate ,i ,m aware bout the red plates but they are not compulsary ,off course this means that thousands of untraceable cars and motorbikes are on the roads ,in the uk you drive out of the showroom with your reg plates on ,i can,t understand why they can,t do the same here in thailand.

[Rooster]

It is about taxation process and nothing more. In the US, the owner obtains a temporary license plate until the permanent plate is issued. How do you know that these vehicles are not traceable? Thai official offices have their own ways of dealing with used and new vehicles.

[harry]

In Belgium the license plate is on the name of the car owner. This license plate always stay with the owner. So if buy an new or second hand car you just fill in some registration papers and put your license plate on it. In this way its very easy to tack the owner in case of traffic ticket or accident. Insurance of the car is obligated, if you can't show that you payed your insurance , the car will be impounded immediately, and only returned after you proof the payment. I wonder how many cars are properly insured in Thailand?

[Rooster]

Harry. There are stickers on the front windshield of each vehicles. These stickers are for insurance and vehicle tax with year of issue so the traffic polices would easily see the stickers. A problem with Thai vehicles is that there is no current vehicle inspection for pollution and maintenances. So any vehicles could have mechanical problems without properly being inspected yearly.