Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
I mean driving from KOW to LOS with a vehicle registered in Cambodia to himself. According to the official information available, only Laos, Singapore and Malaysian vehicles can enter Thailand, everything else still needs a guided tour. However I am doing somehow hard to believe that this is really getting enforced. I want to go with my motorbike in February, but I'm not keen to go on a guided tour. Anyone?
Driving on Cambodian roads is just like playing a classic arcade top scroller. The only difference is a force feedback controller, the limitation to only one life and the inability to restart, once Game Over
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Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
have read on fb groups( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1024579897597702) there are Cambodian registered vehicles entering Thailand with no problems, no guidesressl wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:34 pm I mean driving from KOW to LOS with a vehicle registered in Cambodia to himself. According to the official information available, only Laos, Singapore and Malaysian vehicles can enter Thailand, everything else still needs a guided tour. However I am doing somehow hard to believe that this is really getting enforced. I want to go with my motorbike in February, but I'm not keen to go on a guided tour. Anyone?
Just make sure its in ur name and buy insurance at the border
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Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
And don't forget you International Driving Licence. In a foreign registered car you will stick out like a sore thumb and may be given lots of police attention.
The IDL is one of those things that people will tell you it's not needed, but when the police take, and keep, your driving licence and tell you to go to a police station and pay a 1000THB, you will have no choice but to pay up.
I learnt this first hand.
The IDL is one of those things that people will tell you it's not needed, but when the police take, and keep, your driving licence and tell you to go to a police station and pay a 1000THB, you will have no choice but to pay up.
I learnt this first hand.
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Cambodian license's are legally recognized in Thailand ( ASEAN)Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:48 pm And don't forget you International Driving Licence. In a foreign registered car you will stick out like a sore thumb and may be given lots of police attention.
The IDL is one of those things that people will tell you it's not needed, but when the police take, and keep, your driving licence and tell you to go to a police station and pay a 1000THB, you will have no choice but to pay up.
I learnt this first hand.
But than again,
its thailand
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
I have a IDL, but it is not valid in Thailand (remember, there are 3 different versions and it depends on the country where you made your local driving license, which agreements were signed). So now I need to make one here in Cambodia and hope that they accept at least that one. Thanks, I hope I get this done in time.
Actually, when I drove with my German registered car in Thailand, nobody pulled me out. It was more the opposite: They wanted to get me out, saw the number plate and waived me to continue.
The rest are very good news. Yes, I am aware of the local insurance and the very, _VERY_ important customs document, nobody is interested in, except customs when you are about to leave the country (don't ask why I know that so well...)
Thanks a lot to everyone
Actually, when I drove with my German registered car in Thailand, nobody pulled me out. It was more the opposite: They wanted to get me out, saw the number plate and waived me to continue.
The rest are very good news. Yes, I am aware of the local insurance and the very, _VERY_ important customs document, nobody is interested in, except customs when you are about to leave the country (don't ask why I know that so well...)
Thanks a lot to everyone
Driving on Cambodian roads is just like playing a classic arcade top scroller. The only difference is a force feedback controller, the limitation to only one life and the inability to restart, once Game Over
Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
Yes, it's being enforced for the most part (as I believe it should be, after all, there is no flexibility when it comes to meeting immigration requirements). Why would they drop it? I think in future, it will only get more difficult to drive across borders, not easier, as governments increasingly tighten rules to combat "climate change" not to mention, government and the number of regulations almost always increase in size and scope over time.ressl wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:34 pm I mean driving from KOW to LOS with a vehicle registered in Cambodia to himself. According to the official information available, only Laos, Singapore and Malaysian vehicles can enter Thailand, everything else still needs a guided tour. However I am doing somehow hard to believe that this is really getting enforced. I want to go with my motorbike in February, but I'm not keen to go on a guided tour. Anyone?
The law was mainly intended to keep out the Chinese and every Chinese vehicle entering the country since June 27, 2016 has been subjected to the guide/permit restriction. Should China one day allow Thai vehicles in without restriction, then Thailand can lift the permit requirement for them (though I highly doubt that will ever happen; even vehicles from neighboring countries face more restrictions than they used to when entering China). I disagree about the restriction on motorhomes (although this doesn't apply to motorhomes registered in neighboring countries) but this measure is mainly intended to force foreign travelers into staying at hotels, so the hoteliers benefit. Still, motorhomes do get in from time to time as "exceptions" to the rule.
That being said, Cambodian vehicles are NOT being required to enter on a tour, as they're from a neighboring country, except at Aranyaprathet, opposite Poipet, where Cambodian vehicles entering on their own are restricted to Aranyaprathet district. In principle, Cambodian vehicles aren't supposed to leave the province they entered and are supposed to return to Cambodia at the same port they entered at. I don't know whether this is enforced (I can ask Thai customs next time I cross the border, which will be very soon) but is enforced at Aranyaprathet. In any case, Aran isn't the place u want to enter Thailand by car or motorcycle. Any other border, particularly Hat Lek, Chong Chom and Chong Sa-ngam (all 3 of these are popular entry points for Cambodian vehicles entering Thailand) work well. Just purchase insurance at the border or the nearest town if arriving late and the insurance office is closed.
Anyway, I know my post comes very late, but I just wanted to provide some reference for those interested in traveling to Thailand in their own vehicle registered in Cambodia. The short answer is: YES, you can enter Thailand with the same ease as Lao, Singaporean and Malaysian vehicles EXCEPT at Aranyaprathet (and maybe Daung/Ban Laem, as I've never seen any vehicles entering or exiting there). All other checkpoints seem to be fine. In future, the Ban Nong Ian checkpoint (near Aranyaprathet) might also work, but we'll have to see what their policy is once they formally open in the next few months.
Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
Thanks for the comprehensive answer. Yes, late, but still anyone who is looking now or in the future for this kind of information will thank you for sharing it.
Driving on Cambodian roads is just like playing a classic arcade top scroller. The only difference is a force feedback controller, the limitation to only one life and the inability to restart, once Game Over
Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
One of my friends decided to drive his khmer motorbike to Pattaya recently. He heared some history about the Thais maing problems at Koh Kong/Trat border if you dont have Thai insurance, it would be some new rule !! ?? I crossed the border 18 months ago in the other directions with a belgian car and had no problem at all (i had thai insurance, bought at the Malay border. I did everything to find some Thai insurance-company who wants to insure a Khmer bike online, but couldnt find at all. After all i found a Malay company who could do it but its was very complicated to pay them in Malaysia. If it is a really new rule, i would doubt there are no insurance-offices at the thai-side from Koh Kong (or Pailin), no ?? Or maybe the Thai-officers are just spreading the words to get tea-money !! ?? Also in Phnom Penh, nobody wants or cant insure a bike for Thailand.
Anyone has more recent expirience with this ??
Anyone has more recent expirience with this ??
Re: Has anyone been with a car/motorbike to Thailand recently?
Yes EXACTLY that s*** with the insurance at that specific border crossing got me into serious trouble. I had to ask some guys on the Khmer side (!!) to sort it out. The Thais can only give you insurance for petrol bikes and maybe cars, but anything electric they say "can not". No amount of money helps here
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you have ALAYS had to buy insurance to drive/ride in thailand, but they never really asked and if they did theyBongmab69 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:05 pm One of my friends decided to drive his khmer motorbike to Pattaya recently. He heared some history about the Thais maing problems at Koh Kong/Trat border if you dont have Thai insurance, it would be some new rule !! ?? I crossed the border 18 months ago in the other directions with a belgian car and had no problem at all (i had thai insurance, bought at the Malay border. I did everything to find some Thai insurance-company who wants to insure a Khmer bike online, but couldnt find at all. After all i found a Malay company who could do it but its was very complicated to pay them in Malaysia. If it is a really new rule, i would doubt there are no insurance-offices at the thai-side from Koh Kong (or Pailin), no ?? Or maybe the Thai-officers are just spreading the words to get tea-money !! ?? Also in Phnom Penh, nobody wants or cant insure a bike for Thailand.
Anyone has more recent expirience with this ??
usually allow you to head to town an buy it, unless ur an asshole
cambodians dont care about insurance as its not even required for a Cambodian car/bike
electric bikes>>>No fucking idea
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