Only 33 dead ,322 injured on Thursday

[sao baht]

The post above

1. Click the page to enter main site
2. Click Change Language (top right hand corner)
3. Click Test for Exam

There are 30 questions. The pass mark is 23. If you get a question wrong, it will tell you what the correct answer should be.


On the same site you can read the Rules of the Road. There's some useful information there including the areas covered in the test.

[nookiebear]

That question appeared both times I took the computer test,you get both licences on the same day but you have to sit the test twice too!

[nookiebear]

The post above

1. Click the page to enter main site
2. Click Change Language (top right hand corner)
3. Click Test for Exam

There are 30 questions. The pass mark is 23. If you get a question wrong, it will tell you what the correct answer should be.


On the same site you can read the Rules of the Road. There's some useful information there including the areas covered in the test.

There are 200 questions which the computer picks at random

[sao baht]

That question appeared both times I took the computer test,you get both licences on the same day but you have to sit the test twice too!

Ok, you maybe correct but over the years I have heard many Urban Legends about questions that are on the Thai Driving Test that are off course lies just to poke fun at the Thai Driving Test.Maybe by people who have failed the test and had to pay a back-hander for their licence.
If you have a Full UK Licence you only need to do an eye test , a few reflex tests and drive around the car-park ...you don't need to do the computer test. !!!!

[nookiebear]

I have a full UK Driving Licence,the old paper one,,,,At Nang Rong they wouldn't accept it & I had to do both full tests!

[sao baht]

I have a full UK Driving Licence,the old paper one,,,,At Nang Rong they wouldn't accept it & I had to do both full tests!

Correct ,you need The photocard driving licence

[sao baht]

2011    Total           Daily                   2012    Total           Daily   
Day     Deaths  Injuries Deaths Injuries          Day   Deaths  Injuries        Deaths  Injuries
1        34       501     34      501            1       33       322     33      322
2        94       1,051   60      550            2       71       826     38      504
3        165      1,782   71      731            3       148      1,362   77      536
4        241      2,382   76      600            4               
5        282      2,783   41      401            5               
6        314      3,166   32      383            6               
7        358      3,750   44      584            7 


Day 3 ......77

[urleft]

I have a full UK Driving Licence,the old paper one,,,,At Nang Rong they wouldn't accept it & I had to do both full tests!

I have and Alabama Driver's license with both motorcycle and car endorsements.  I also have a valid International Driver's permit (IDP) for both Car and Cycle.   

To get a Thai Driver's license for Motorcycles and another for Cars, I just had to provide copies of the IDP and test was skipped (expect for depth and color).  However, I also had to have a Thai police report on me being a great guy (once they saw my Concealed Weapons License I got it immediately).   

So no test other than color and depth, and I got a 1 year license.  Understand that if I wait until the licenses expire and have a valid Thai visa, I can get 5 year licenses next time. 


Bottom line, if you are going for Thai Driver's Licenses, save yourself hassle and get an IDP that includes both car and motorcycle. 

As an aside, every year get at least 12 new passport photos, the Licensing place at your town may or may not require them, but a visa renewal will almost always need them.
 
 

[sao baht]

Thai death toll rises to 202 during New Year's holidays: Road Safety Centre

BANGKOK, Dec 31 - Thailand's Road Safety Centre reports that the death toll so far during the first four days of the New Year's holidays has reached 202, with Nakhon Pathom province seeing the highest number at 11 persons.

 Deputy Prime Minister/Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanjana said the number of road accidents has reached 1,827, while 1,898 have been injured, with Chiang Mai province seeing the most road accidents at 89 and the most injured at 91, followed by Chiang Rai at 59 with also 59 injured, and Nakhon Sawan at 54 with 58 injured.

 Following Nakhon Pathom's highest death toll, Chiang Mai was second with 10, and Petchabun third at eight dead.

 So far, 15 provinces have not recorded casualties -- 3 provinces in the north, 4 in the northeast, 4 in the central region, and 4 in the south.

 Trat province in Thailand's east has not recorded any road accident in the past days.

 According to Road Safety Directing Center, Mr Phongthep said drunken-driving is the main cause of death at 35 per cent.

 During the past 24 hours as of December 30, the fourth day of the safe driving campaign, there were 505 road accidents nationwide with Chiang Mai still the province seeing the highest number of accidents at 28, followed by Buri Ram at 21, and Petchabun at 19.

MCOT online news

[Alan]

15 provencies have not recorde casualties. Does this mean they had none to report or have been to busy partying to report?

[nookiebear]

15 provencies have not recorde casualties. Does this mean they had none to report or have been to busy partying to report?

I think the latter!

[sao baht]

Road accidents claim 332 lives in first six of 'Seven Dangerous Days' | MCOT.net

                                 

Road accidents claim 332 lives in first six of 'Seven Dangerous Days'

            By Digital Media | 2 ม.ค. 2556 11:55       

BANGKOK, Jan 2 -Thailand's death toll from road accidents during the  first six days of the "Seven Dangerous Days” of the New Year's holidays  has reached 332, while the number of injured has climbed to more than  three thousand, according to the National Road Safety Centre.
   
    Deputy Permanent-Secretary for Interior Panadda Diskul said there were  2,884 accidents between December 27 and January 1, 0.98 per cent up from  last year's record.
   
    He said the accumulated death toll has climbed to 332, 5.40 per cent up  from last year, while the number of injured was recorded at 3,037, 2.54  per cent lower than last year.
   
    Mr Panadda said Trat is the only province with no record of any  accidents during the first six days of  the "Seven Dangerous Days".
   
    For the New Year's Day alone, 72 persons reportedly died in road  accidents, while 583 persons were injured. The highest daily death toll  was recorded at eight in the central province of Angthong.
   
    The highest accumulated death toll was recorded at 16 deaths in Nakhon Pathom, followed by 14 at Chiang Mai and 13 in Bangkok.
   
    The major causes of road accidents were attributed to drunken driving  (46.90 per cent) and speeding (20.45 per cent), with most of the  accidents (82.28 per cent) involving motorcycles. (MCOT online news)

[nookiebear]

Will last years total be surpassed??Judging by the volume of traffic yesterday I THINK THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE

[nookiebear]

Its difficult to Believe Trat has been accident free!

[Nobby]

Its difficult to Believe Trat has been accident free!

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