RegPlates:Cross-Border

[The Enforcer!]

It is only Mass transit in that most people still use cars!!

I am aware of some of the different colour Vehicle registration plates (what we Brits call 'Number Plates') e.g. Black on Red are new vehicles, White on Blue are diplomatic, Black on Green are Hotel etc

Does anyone know what White on Green are? Just seen one this morning.

The Enforcer!

[ncr]

1. Does anyone have a complete list of the abbreviations on Thai motorbike license plates? If you don't know - while on car number plates the full province name is shown, the ones for motorbikes have two-letter short forms of the names on the red stripe in the center, such as kor-thor (KT = Krungthep) for Bangkok or chor-mor (CM) for Chiang Mai. It's a synopsis of these codes that I'd like to have. Maybe on the Transport Ministry website?

2. Then on the other hand, the latest development seems to be that they go back to issuing those old style plates with the full province names again. At least I notice more and more new motorbikes with them, while they used to be seen on a few old ones only.... Anyone can confirm this?

[ncr]

Thai motorbike license plate varieties

1) Very old design: white plate, full province name at top, letters and numbers below

2) Old design: white plate, letters at top, red band with province code in the middle, numbers at the bottom

3) New design: white plate, letters at top, full province name in the middle, numbers at the bottom

I just wonder who comes up with these sorts of things? Must be some bored bureaucrats......

[ncr]

The motorbike parking lot of my condo allowed me to conveniently take photos of all 3 (in fact, 4) varieties:

1. old style (http://tinypic.com/5bbwra): rectangular, full province name - number/letter/4 numbers (like some car numberplates in Bangkok, when two-letter/4 number codes exhausted)

2. new style (http://tinypic.com/5bch0p): square, 3 letters - province abbreviation on red band - 3 numbers

3. latest style (http://tinypic.com/5bch2b): square, 3 letters - full province name - 3 numbers

4. variation (http://tinypic.com/5bch39) of latest style: with black dividing lines; also note the modified upper edges

Once again - who invents/designs this sort of thing???

[The Enforcer!]

Thailand has one of the largest ranges of licence plates ('number plates' as we Brits would say) with the standard 'black on white' [i.e. Black digits on a white plate] plus 'red on white', 'black on red', 'white on blue' and about another 12 variations.

Each has a specific use - 'red on white' is for Trucks, 'black on red' is for Temporary plate (new cars), 'white on blue' is for Consular and UN plates etc etc.

However last week I saw a total new version (to me) ... 'white on green' .. anyone know what these mean?

The Enforcer!

[jpatokal]

I thought white on green was for licensed limousines? Plenty of these lounging about at the airport...

[The Enforcer!]

I thought white on green was for licensed limousines? Plenty of these lounging about at the airport...
Many thanks - only difficulty I see is that two (both Mercedes) are parked in my condo car park!

Is there a full list of registration plates anywhere?

The Enforcer!

[airlana]

Some details with pictures

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/AS_THAI.html

[The Enforcer!]

Some details with pictures

http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/AS_THAI.html
thanks,

The Enforcer!

[ncr]

What is it with these gold-rimmed, coloured license plates with architectural motifs (silhouette of Wat Arun, Democracy Monument and so on.....)?

A recent item on the mainpage (Lucky number license plates for sale - January 20, 2006) had a link (http://www.ttnumber.com/) to a company selling supposedly auspicious numbers. That website also shows some examples of these "VIP plates".

I have seen a few of them in real, but always thought they were only available for cars registered in Bangkok.

However, a couple of days ago I spotted one from........ Changwat Phetchabun! It was attached to a big Mercedes, and had a "lucky" combination as well: กค 9999 (that's the first consonants in the Thai alphabet, so the Latin equivalent would be AB 9999).

So are these available for all provinces? Is it a luxury option for which the registrant has to pay more, or what's the story? (I am just talking about the plates, not the lucky numbers.)

[FarangBha]

I'm pretty sure I've seen local versions of the plate auctions in CM... I would presume that each province has their own lucky plates... BKK would just have more competition for the lucky numbers.

[GWR]

This sounds similar to the arrangement on the Malaysian Border. There are shops here who specialise in quickly figuring out the letter conversion and then making the registration sticker with Romanised script. I've only once seen the conversion code (rather briefly too), but it seems to be based on some sort of letter order rather than phonetic similarity. Anyone know where to find the conversion list?:

Licenses on Thai vehicles entering Mekong countries to be in English

BANGKOK, April 26 (TNA) - Private sedans, tour buses and foreign diplomatic cars from Thailand traveling to five Mekong-basin nations must have registration plates written in English beginning June 11, a senior Transport Ministry official said.

Acting Land Transport Department director-general Chairat Sa-nguansue said the new requirements -- that automobile registration plates bear the name of the country, the registration number and appropriate provincial codes in English -- follows agreements on border transportation with the five countries including the three Indochinese nations, Myanmar and southern China.

The department has completed laying out sizes and colours of the new registration plates which will be used in those five countries, Chairat said.

Car owners may apply and obtain the new registration plates from June 11 onwards, he said.

Mr. Chairat said vehicles from Thailand entering those countries must be strictly used for either tourism or transportation purposes only. (TNA) -E111

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