Vehicle registration plates of Thailand
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Thailand vehicle license plates (Thai: แผ่นป้ายทะเบียนรถ or หมายเลขทะเบียนรถ or simply ทะเบียนรถ) are the license plates displayed on most motorized road vehicles in Thailand, as required by law. Thai license plates show the province where its owner (a person or company) is located when register.
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[edit] Types
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[edit] Common types
The current Thai car license plate format, used since April 1, 1997 (2540 B.E.)[1], have two consonants of the Thai alphabet, 1-4 numbers (1-9999) and a small Thai name of the province that it registered at bottom. (Ex. กค 8 ตาก; กค 88 ตาก; กค 888 ตาก; กค 8888 ตาก).
| Class | Plate color | Text color |
|---|---|---|
| 1-7 seats private automobile* | White | Black |
| more than 7 seats private automobile** | White | Blue |
| Private pickup truck/small 4-wheels truck*** | White | Green |
| Taxi | Yellow | Black |
| Airport taxi | Green | White |
| Engineering vehicle | Orange | Black |
| ? (usually tuk-tuks) | Yellow | Green |
| ? (usually personal tuk-tuks) | White | Red |
* 4-doors pickup may include in this type.
** usually a van with more than seven seats
*** 2-doors pickup with extended cab include in this type.
Some two Thai consonants are not use because they are bad words when spelling. For examples, "จน" means poor, "ตด" means flatulence, and "ศพ" means dead human body.
[edit] Auction plates
There are special plates for auction in Thailand.[2] Special plates are 301 numbers per one initial for 1-7 seats private automobiles. They are black text with graphic design background for its province, not white background like typical plates.
[edit] Motorcycles
The current style of Thai motorcycle license plate have three lines. First line is three Thai consonants, second line is small Thai province name, and third line is 1-3 numbers (1-999).
Some three Thai consonants are not use because they are bad words when spelling.
[edit] Trucks and Buses
The current style of Thai bus/truck (most songthaews are include) license plate have two numbers, hyphen, four numbers (0001-9999) and a small Thai province name at bottom.
[edit] Military and Police
Military and Police plates also exist.
Police plates are in dark red background, with white logo and five digits numbers.
[edit] Location prefixes
Thai license plates are use Thai name of province which its owner (a person or company) is located. For some examples:
[edit] Northern region
- เชียงใหม่ or ชม - Chiang Mai Province
- นครสวรรค์ or นว - Nakhon Sawan Province
- พิษณุโลก or พล - Phitsanulok Province
[edit] Central region
- กรุงเทพมหานคร or กท - Bangkok
[edit] Northeast region
- ขอนแก่น - Khon Kaen Province
- นครราชสีมา - Nakhon Ratchasima Province
- อุบลราชธานี - Ubon Ratchathani Province
[edit] Southern region
- สงขลา - Songkhla Province
- ปัตตานี - Pattani Province
- ยะลา - Yala Province
- นราธิวาส - Narathiwat Province
[edit] References
- ^ ดูกระทู้ - หมวดทะเบียนรถ 2 - กระดานข่าวชาวอุบล (Thai)
- ^ Car special registration number Auction in Chonburi. - Pattaya Daily News
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