Travel tips you need to read to survive driving in Phuket!

Driving in Thailand and Phuket

When driving in Thailand or Phuket, remember to drive on the left side. Roads in Thailand can be sometimes on the narrow side, so don’t get too intimidated driving next to a bus or a truck. Always go straight and expect the unexpected:

• cars ignoring traffic signs
   
• cars driving on your lane towards you
   
• cars getting on the road "out of nowhere".

Phuket car rental

To qualify for car rental in Phuket, travelers need to have:

• an international driver’s license or
   
• a Thai driver’s license.

A driving license from your native country is not officially accepted. An international driver’s license is just a form of your own license remade into a universal format that you can get it in your own country.

Phuket by bike

Watch this 8 minute Phuket bike video to see that driving in Phuket doesn’t have to be as frightening as you might think. But do remember the saying: if you survive driving in Phuket, you will survive driving everywhere!

FLY FABULOUS: Phuket

8 minute video driving on a bike on the roads of Phuket, Thailand. Notice:

• motorbike driving off in the wrong lane
   
• cars getting on the road from the left ignoring traffic lights

Driving a bike in Phuket is easy as long as:

• you drive slow, so you can brake for anything that suddenly gets in front of you
   
• you look everywhere – and we don’t mean you look at the Thai girls – but look everywhere on the roads of Thailand in order to expect the unexpected…

Must read travel tips to survive driving in Phuket!