Have hired or owned motorcycle in Thailand + have motorcycle license from home country
Have hired or owned motorcycle in Thailand + have motorcycle license from Thailand
Have hired or owned motorcycle in Thailand + have no motorcycle license
Have never hired or owned a motorcycle in Thailand but do have a motorcycle license
Have never hired a motorcycle in Thailand and do not have a motorcycle license
one what?Originally Posted by goji
When setting up a poll, it seems necessary to post the new thread and then AFTER that, one gets the chance to add the questions.
Got it.
I voted. I had a Thai License for years but that is expired. I'm not getting a new one on this trip but I will get an international license from my country. Were it just for insurance purposes.
gogi, congratulations on actually starting a thread!!!
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
During periods when one particular forum is dominated by high frequency trolls, I will typically choose to start threads elsewhere.
When that problem goes into remission, I'll adjust behaviour in response.
I have never hired a motorbike, I have no license, and I have no intention to ever ride a motorbike on my own. As a passenger I do only if there is no other choice. That amounts to about 100 km on a motorbike per year.
Participation in this poll is slow, but we have:
3 Expats legally riding with with Thai licenses. (I presume these are expats, as one has to be resident in Thailand to get a license)
2 riding without a license.
1 riding with an overseas license.
You forgot one quite likely option: as even I have done that a nr of times
In Thailand my only rides on a motocy were as a back-seater, as the local form of riding in a taxi
I guess der chris also refers to that
Tourists have been allowed to receive a Thai driver's license for a number of years. I have read about this several times in the Phuket News. The following link explains that tourists are eligible to receive a two year Thai license. As for residency, a hotel address is acceptable, according to the Driving Licence Department. This info was provided to the Phuket News by the Chief of the Driving Licence Department at the Phuket LTO.
It's easier to just use an International Driving Permit along with your home country license, but tourists do have the option to obtain a Thai license. I don't know why the authorities in Pattaya don't make this known, given the large number of tourists that stay the winter months.
The linked article is from 2018, but I have seen the subject mentioned in the Phuket News several times in the past:
https://www.thephuketnews.com/no-spe...ists-67553.php
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