A Close Look At Thai Driving Rules

The following is an extract from Farang Affairs , The Nation;

  • Ensure your vehicle comes to a full halt before paying a bribe.
  • To facilitate traffic flow, please have correct bribe amount ready.
  • Drivers of luxury European cars are not required to stop at police checkpoints.
  • If involved in a minor traffic accident, try to ensure that at least two lanes of traffic are blocked, and do not move vehicles until police arrive 3 hours later.
  • Sounding horn to wake up officer manning police traffic booth to get him switch traffic light signal to green is prohibited.
  • Give way to bus drivers fleeing the scene of an accident.
  • Motorcyclists must wear crash helmets sometimes.
  • Be considerate and allow short people and old ladies to the front of the crowd at horrific accident scenes.
  • Excercise care while driving under the influence of alcohol, especially if talking on mobile phone.
  • It is mandatory for motorcylists to switch on headlights during the daylight hours. Switching on headlights at night is optional.
  • A series of white, evenly spaced rectangular markings occassionally found painted across roads are known as "pedestrian crossings". Ignore them.

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