PHUKET: About 5000 cars and other vehicles are now being driven around Phuket without licence number plates, looking like getaway vehicles from a bank robbery.
Phuket Land Transport Office Director Terayoot Prasertphol said today that the lack of number plates was an unfortunate problem.
''We have changed the maker of the number plates because of a quality issue,'' he told Phuketwan today.
''But there is a shortage and we cannot stop people from buying cars.''
Most of the vehicles without plates are brand new.
Khun Terayoot said they had asked showrooms to provide red plates where possible, but there was a shortage of red plates as well. Some were made of plastic.
''In many cases, new car buyers have to make do with a piece of paper that says they are authorised to be on the roads on Phuket, but they may have to wait a few weeks for a number plate.''
There's no predicted date yet for the time when the problem will be resolved.
Phuket Land Transport Office Director Terayoot Prasertphol said today that the lack of number plates was an unfortunate problem.
''We have changed the maker of the number plates because of a quality issue,'' he told Phuketwan today.
''But there is a shortage and we cannot stop people from buying cars.''
Most of the vehicles without plates are brand new.
Khun Terayoot said they had asked showrooms to provide red plates where possible, but there was a shortage of red plates as well. Some were made of plastic.
''In many cases, new car buyers have to make do with a piece of paper that says they are authorised to be on the roads on Phuket, but they may have to wait a few weeks for a number plate.''
There's no predicted date yet for the time when the problem will be resolved.
There are hell of a lot of old cars without plates also. Easy to tell if they have tax disc then they are not new.
seems like a green light for anybody to remove their number plates if they feel the need to.
Posted by richie on October 8, 2012 12:35