I feel really silly right now; I just got a traffic ticket for driving a motorcycle without a Thai license. Is this going to affect my tourist visa application next week?
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The community consensus is that receiving a traffic ticket for driving a motorcycle without a Thai license will not affect your upcoming tourist visa application. While past regulations included penalties that might affect visa status, current laws state that you cannot be held legally responsible for unpaid fines at the time of applying for a tourist visa. However, be aware that this violation could be noted in official records if you plan to stay long-term, and the bike owner will eventually be responsible for the ticket associated with the vehicle.
Nick **********
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Samui ***********
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Neil ******
If you won’t drive without a valid license in your own country, why do you come here and do it?
A proper holiday insurance policy costs from about £25 a week. It's beyond my comprehension why anyone wouldn't take out a policy, but these are the same people who don't have a licence, don't wear a helmet and don't have compulsory insurance.
making a lot of assumptions here… I DO have nomad health insurance. I ALWAYS wear a helmet. But my nomad insurance would not cover a motorcycle accident if I couldn’t provide the motorcycle insurance. It’s not my bike, I’m borrowing it from the woman whose house I’m looking after. So I don’t have motorcycle insurance because I didn’t even rent the bike. Just try to understand that you can’t know everything before even asking the right questions.
….. wait til you find out I did just have an accident 2 weeks ago… unfortunately no free visa or accommodation though!
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Paul *******
Where do you think you are? It's Thailand not California! Maybe in 15-20 years Thailand will be enough of a nanny state to implement such rules but for now they're not even capable of enforcing the most basic traffic laws.
. Back in the day they wouldn’t even let you go without paying a ‘fine’ on spot but they can’t legally do that now even though they do try.
Those tickets do stay on a system though, and if you lived and worked here or retired here it would resurface if the Police put it in the system when you go to tax the bike later on. Whoever ‘owns’ the bike will end up paying it at some point if it goes for its yearly tax.
don’t think that would’ve worked lol i even asked the officer if i could just pay him directly instead of going to the police station, and he refused. now, I’m glad i paid and got the receipt to prove it